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Maybe you'd like to be Amish...but not quite. You want more peace in your life, in your home, in your family, and in your heart. You want to try a new recipe and pick up a needle and thread. You want to learn to simplify and care for God's green earth (and teach your children to do the same).
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We're on that same journey. You're not alone in your quest. We'll be opening our hearts and homes, too. I believe that together we can find inspiration in all things Amish (and a few that are "not quite Amish") and enjoy their simple lifestyle in ways that are quite unique to our own lives.

Praying for Oklahoma

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I started a blog for my post here at Not Quite Amish, and then the tornadoes ripped through my adopted home state of Oklahoma. So as I sat down to finish the post, I could think of nothing else but the pain and the destruction of my fellow Okies. I’m writing this on the day it happened:… Read More

Battling Worry

May Memory Verse Chalk

Worry. I truly wish this emotion didn’t exist. My family has had an interesting year. My husband has been laid off twice, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, and my work has been like a roller coaster that seems to never come to a stop. My husband and I… Read More

Frustratingly Visible

The picture of my husband we like to call Gandalf with the Hobbits, because he looks so HUGE by comparison.

I am headed home in about three weeks. Well, headed to my HOME country. It is the second time in four years we have gone home on furlough. I. Can’t. Wait. The best thing about going home? Being anonymous again. I realize that sounds really weird. I live in Wabigalo parish, a large slum in… Read More

Aging Gracefully

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I had a birthday this month. The big 5-0. I’m not sure how I feel about it. Do I feel a mid-life crisis coming on? Should I consider cosmetic surgery? Is this the beginning of a new phase? Which all happened at a great time. I was visiting our local senior center to learn to… Read More

6 Ways I Foster Quiet in a House Full of Kids

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We pay big money to go on summer vacation. To get away. To find quiet. Is it possible to discover quietness in our everyday lives, too? To work less, not more? To turn off the electronics and listen to the still, small voice of God’s Spirit? Here are six ways I foster quiet in a… Read More

Bounty!

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Here on Not Quite Amish, seemingly surrounded by workers of the land, I have an admission to make: I have two brown thumbs. I am not a gardener, farmer, or tender of any plants. It is not my gift. I admire those who can grow flowers and vegetables. In fact I support them whole-heartedly! Here… Read More

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