This will be my final column for 2024. I wish each of you a blessed holiday and much love and prayers to all for a wonderful 2025. May God bless you richly and may those with health problems be healed if it’s God’s will. May you put your trust in God to help … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Desserts
A busy week for the Eichers heading into Christmas
On Sunday, we attended church at niece Verena and Melvin’s house. Verena is Joe’s oldest sister MaryAnn and Jake’s daughter. Melvin and Verena have two sons and Lord willing are moving to Goshen, Indiana. We wish them God’s many blessings as they make this move. May they enjoy their new home. Home is … Continue Reading ››
Time for Christmas baking with the Eichers
This week I’ll share recipes I like making around Christmastime. Daughter Elizabeth brought a batch of this dough on Wednesday. It is a delicious cutout cookie that works really great. The children loved rolling out the dough and decorating the cookies. On some of the cookies they overdid the sprinkles. Haha! They all … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Spends Time Bonding with Her Grandchildren
First of all, Happy 30th Birthday to son-in-law Dustin! His birthday is today, October 8. Wishing him many more happy, healthy years!
Dustin and Loretta live across the road from us, and he has been a great help to us when we needed something done around here. It is also … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Enjoys Summer Days with Family
Today daughter Loretta and sons Denzel and Byron came here after my husband Joe and sons left for work. Daughter Verena left last night; she went to daughter Susan and Ervin’s house. She will stay with their five oldest children today while Susan will go help prepare for Ervin’s brother Steven’s wedding, which … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Mourns the Loss of Brother Albert
Has it only been a week since I last penned this column? So much has happened since then and life has changed again.
Brother Albert, age 59, lost his eight-week battle to colon cancer. He died peacefully with his wife of 37 1/2 years and his children by his side. … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Celebrates Mother’s Day and Welcomes a New Foal
Church services on Sunday were hosted at sister Emma’s place for her son Benjamin and Crystal. It was Benjamin’s 22nd birthday as well as Mother’s Day.
The men washed the dishes so the women could sit and visit after lunch in honor of Mother’s Day. Cupcakes and ice cream were … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Thanks Readers for Their Prayers
Today is already the last day of April. Four months of 2024 have passed already. Where does time go? One week after another slips by.
Today, my husband Joe has an appointment with the doctor that did his surgery last week. Joe has been off work for a week due … Continue Reading ››
A Day in the Life of Lovina and Her Family
This is a diary of Monday, February 26, 2024.
3:50 a.m. My alarm goes off. I get up, unlock the door, and wait for Dustin, daughter Loretta, and their two boys to arrive. After getting them settled down for a nap, Dustin leaves for work at the RV factory. Son … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Savors the First Hints of Spring
We have entered the first week of February, though it would be hard to tell by the weather. Yesterday was sunny and 50 degrees. I hung all the laundry out to dry, and most of it could be folded and put away the same day.
Happy birthday to Grace (son Joseph’s special friend). Her birthday is … Continue Reading ››