We were on our way once more. School months don’t make for very good travel times, so we were seizing the opportunity to see family and friends in Ohio over Christmas vacation. Some of the …

Imagine eating your favorite dessert every meal. How long would it still be good? How happy are children if they do only what they want to do all day, every day? What would it be like if Christmas …

Several of you have been asking to hear more about the children. When someone asks how they are doing, my answer may vary from one day or hour to the next. Stacking it all up and adding it together, …

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER Good morning from a quiet Yoder household. It's only my little early bird that's awake with me. When Jesse was an infant, he had already figured out that morning …

THE AMISH COOK By Gloria Yoder When the question came up, I pondered and reflected. A reader asked something that hit a soft spot in my core. It was something like this: What does it …

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER I stepped back in the kitchen after my hour of quietness at the cabin. Debating what I should do next on this Saturday afternoon, I picked up the phone to check …

BY GLORIA YODER A huge change is unfolding in our house. This morning our five oldest children, grades one thru seven, left for school. Yes, there were lots of feelings in the basket this …

BY GLORIA YODER Our time in Ohio is passing on wings. How can days melt so swiftly? When I first started thinking of coming to Ohio for a couple of weeks it was with the thought of spending …

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER I stood with Daniel’s cousins as we sang song after song. It was one of those priceless moments- too precious for words, yet not something any of us would …

THE AMISH COOK  BY GLORIA YODER What a day to be remembered! When I first heard about the eclipse, I pictured something like the one we had seven years ago. As the days came close, I …

I glance back, I see memories. I look in the future, I see no certainty. I look at the moment and thank God for what I have right now. Now when I look too long at things I don’t …

Seventeen children came beaming in the doorway. There was a slight shuffling as they placed their coats on the couch and lined up in three rows to sing. Our country school next door was having a …

Spring is bursting in splendor. Birds sing the sweetest of songs in melodious chirps, grass is growing tall enough to mow, and the garden is being tilled. Spring. Could life be any better than in …

THE AMISH COOK BY GLORIA YODER “May we keep it- and give it some milk?” “Of course you may feed it, we’ll see about keeping it.” In a short order …

In my girlhood years, Mom always did her best to make our birthdays special. Not only did she help sing Happy Birthday for us and bake a cake; we also got to choose what was on the menu for our …

My kitchen is torn to pieces; everything is a huge mess. Before you get worried, though, I’m having an amazing day! Thanks to the kindness and generosity of those who had never met us, I …

We were all huddled in the downstairs bedroom, a storm was brewing. At that moment I felt suction from the east window which was partially opened. I knew this must be it- a tornado for real. In an …