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David and I have been busily taking on house projects. The most complicated one yet was installing a new window in our master bedroom. When the house was built in 1987, it was…
I am not writing this while on vacation. I’m writing it from our new home in northern Vermont. I have very much enjoyed bringing you stories from others who have left a Plain…
You can read Part 1 of this story here. This is Part 2 of 2: By Marilyn Coblentz When I was nineteen, I received a phone call that completely shook my world. My…
Today I bring you Part 1 of a story: By Marilyn Coblentz I was born in the hollows of Virginia. My parents met at a children’s home on the other side of the…
Today I bring you the second half of Naomi’s story. You can read the first part here. By Naomi Clark, PhD Taking Ownership of My Literacy Leaving the Fold A few years after…
Today I bring you another triumphant story of someone who grew up in a Plain community where education was used as a means of social discipline and how she found her way to…
After a pause (I will explain the pause at a later date), I return to publishing stories from attendees of the symposium “How Our Amish Heritage Influences Our Education and Career” at Elizabethtown…
Photo of Naomi Kramer Yoder: Photo credit: Callie Wiser Today I bring you the third blog post in the series about the symposium of this past Saturday, June 8. I had mentioned in…
I promised I would publish more posts featuring speakers from the symposium on Saturday. Today I am introducing you to Luella Gilbert. I will allow her to speak for herself, for she is…
Photo from left to right: Jonas Brennaman, Ivan Fisher, Paul Nisly, Nancy Nisly, Rose Fisher, Luella Gilbert, Saloma Furlong, David Furlong, Aleta Schrock, Freeman Miller, Lizzie Hershberger, Harley Yoder, Lois Miller, Erma Miller,…
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How an Amish Boy Became a Physicist, Part 1
Today I bring you the amazing story of Leon Hostetler’s educational journey that took him…
Learning How to Learn
I have been bringing you stories of current applicants of the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund…
“A Character that is Truly My Own”
Many years ago, when I was a young girl attending an Amish school in northeastern…
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