It’s been a good week — a full one, packed with children, ideas, ideals, spills, tears and much laughter. Christmas vacation had all of us excited with the possibilities of what could be done as a family over the course of a week off from school.
I relished the more leisurely mornings for a change: no school, no lunch buckets, no homework! Not only that, on evenings spent with church family, the children are impressed with the idea of not having to be the first ones going home to get the five school children off to bed in a timely manner.
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Gloria Yoder is the third writer of The Amish Cook column since its inception in 1991.
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