Photos of Christmas Baking Day 2014
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Photos of Christmas Day 2014
There is Christmas. But before Christmas, Christmas morning–a bustle of last-minute cleaning, of folding sweaters and piling laundry and filling the dishwasher and wiping the spilled gravy from the stove. Then, when the guys come in from the barn, there is a last-minute wrapping of presents, the office crinkly with wrapping paper and tape, the
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Two Women
In my last post, I wrote about shining piles of Christmas gifts. I have been given so many gifts in my lifetime, and one of the most highly-treasured is friendship. My dear friend Naomi Newman is the author of the following post. ****** Some of the most wonderful things about life are the surprises that
Shining Piles of Christmas Gifts
We didn’t believe in Santa when we were young. We never hung a stocking, never put up a Christmas tree, never strung Christmas lights. We did celebrate the birth of Christ. We did sing Christmas carols, bake Christmas goodies, and hold a day of family celebration. And this one thing we did in abundance: we
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NOT Maintaining My Mennonite-ness
What Is Mennonite-ness? A friend told me recently that I should blog about maintaining Mennonite-ness in an unceasingly wired and media-oriented world. She is full of fascinated questions about my lifestyle–questions such as: Is it true that you drive only black cars? How does a bald Mennonite woman pin on her cap? Can Mennonites make
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