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A Soul-Nurturing Experience
April 25, 2023 |

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Maya Angelou This past weekend I attended a Safe Communities retreat in Ephrata, Pennsylvania at the beautiful Hurst Bed and…

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Before Dawn
April 21, 2023 |

Photo by April Sachs on July 20, 2022 during her year of taking sunrise photos each morning The darkest hour is always before dawn. ~ English Proverb I was reminded of the truth…

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When Someone Leaves the Amish
April 17, 2023 |

The Roads Taken There are as many paths out of an Amish community as there are those who have left. The one most often taken is the one towards what many call “spiritual…

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Introduction: About Amish and Beyond
April 16, 2023 |

Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old. ~ Marianne Williamson Ever so long ago (in 2009), I started my first blog, About Amish. At…

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“A Character that is Truly My Own” 

By Saloma Furlong | September 16, 2025

Many years ago, when I was a young girl attending an Amish school in northeastern…

A Chance for a Different Future

By Saloma Furlong | August 24, 2025

In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received.…

The Gift of Learning

By Saloma Furlong | July 23, 2025

I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund.…

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