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Lovina answers reader questions about Amish clothing traditions

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This week my husband Joe, and son Benjamin, 19, are off all week for Thanksgiving. Son Joseph, 16, has off Thanksgiving Day and Friday, as well as Lovina, 14, and Kevin, 13 from school. So it seems as if this week will go faster than usual. Saturday our three sons and Joe went to help at … Continue Reading ››
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Birthday and upcoming anniversary prompt reflections for Lovina

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June 14. Twenty-four years ago today I became a mother! Daughter Elizabeth is 24 and a mother herself now. In honor of her birthday, the girls and I will go to her house to spend the day with Elizabeth and her 21-month-old daughter, Abigail. We will go past daughter Susan’s house and take her and … Continue Reading ››
Salads, Uncategorized

So many Amish weddings lately that it’s hard to keep up

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It is a typical October day. Leaves are gradually changing color, evidence that autumn is here and making such beautiful scenery. Also, the sunsets have been absolutely breathtaking lately. Laundry will be on the list to do today. I should be helping sister Emma today with her painting, but I am trying to heal a sore … Continue Reading ››
Condiments and Sauces, Meats

This week: Sisterhood of the traveling snacks

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Today is sister Liz and Levi’s silver wedding anniversary. Twenty-five years! They were married the year before Joe and I were. It just seems impossible that those years have passed by so suddenly. We are done for the night, after getting our clothes ready for the wedding tomorrow and everyone getting cleaned up. Joe and I … Continue Reading ››
Snacks, Vegetables

Abigail acting her age, plus other tales from the Eicher family

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Church services are set to be here August 27. We are still busy with all the preparation it takes to host the services. I know that we could still have the services without cleaning, but this is one way to have a deadline every year to give your house a thorough cleaning. My sisters Verena, Susan, … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats, Noodles

Son’s eighth-grade graduation tugs at Lovina’s heartstrings

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It’s a sunny pleasant evening in June. The temperature stayed in the low 70s today. Tomorrow evening we will be putting in hay. It has been a good week for haymaking. Last night our family attended the eighth-grade graduation for the class of 2017. Son Joseph was among the twenty students who graduated. Sixteen boys and … Continue Reading ››
Side Dishes

Busy spring days mean accepting that one person can’t do everything

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It is past time for me to get this column on its way. There’s so much that should be done, but a person can only do so much. One day at a time! We did manage to get our windows cleaned on Saturday. It doesn’t take long for them to get dirty, especially because of the … Continue Reading ››
Meats

Definition of a ‘handful’? Loading baby and two dogs into a buggy

It is Thursday already, and this column should have been written yesterday! The sun is shining brightly, with the thermometer showing 62 degrees this morning. Son Benjamin is home, as he doesn’t have work today. I hope he can clean up the remainder of the garden. We still have hot peppers, green peppers and cabbage in … Continue Reading ››
Breads and Muffins

September means back to school, grilled stuffed peppers, and another wedding

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School doors opened yesterday, September 6, throughout the county. It seems quiet around here with Joseph, 14, Lovina, 12, and Kevin, 11, all back to school. The bus is here around 7:00 a.m. We are so glad the pickup time is later this term. Joseph milks our cow Bessie in the morning, and then showers … Continue Reading ››
Casseroles, Meats

Neighborliness and community: paying back past kindnesses

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FrontPorch
Lovina enjoys writing from her front porch.
As I write this, we mark the last day of August. I’m just amazed at how time seems to fly by faster each year. Do we take enough time in our busy lives for God? Our children … Continue Reading ››