At the supper table I asked the children what I should write about them. I got an instant response from a quick-witted 8-year-old. “Tell ’em my sister kicked me during prayer!” Yep, we are real people with real deals we get to work with every day!
When someone suggested that I tell you a bit about each of the children, I didn’t have a reason not to. Why not talk about the people that bring me much delight, try me to my limits, and by being their own selves, bring more decisions to be made than I sometimes know what to do with?!
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Gloria Yoder is the third writer of The Amish Cook column since its inception in 1991.
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