I'm trying, I really am, but sometimes my efforts feel as broken as the candy-cane from Canada that I just stuck in my coffee to make it feel like Christmas.…
The first Christmas didn’t actually happen in Juniata County, and it wasn’t white. This thought just dawned on me a few minutes ago as I watched the sunset behind the…
Last week, one night, I lay in bed, in exhaustion, and listened with my eyes closed to the song "How Beautiful", by Twila Paris. How beautiful the hands that served…
Home is where there are no mixed expectations, only the fulfillment of all that your heart knows to be there… Home is where the people smile and frown only when…
I don't like to think that I'm a germ freak or a clean fanatic or anything. I like to think that I'm pretty flexible and easygoing. I don't like to…
Tomorrow it will be a week since I ventured out of doors, out of quarantine, into the new world that was waiting for me... It seems like longer, because I've…
Day #7--List 5 things that make your day. By Lanita Martin 1) Last week my Khmer landlady, who knows no English, was at my house to register me so that…
I just got done baking cookies. I don't think they turned out very well, but it is possible that certain people may choke them down and say they are good…
Day #6--Tell about an embarrassing moment. By Me (Alison) Ah, I’ve had so many of these, it’s hard to know which one to share… The time I didn’t clear my…
Day #5--Share a story from your childhood. By Ben Stoltzfus My mother kindly took an interest in my education from an early age. She made us read before we started…