The difficult life events generate a rest and tranquility ... Though they are not an Amish family, we became friends through this connection. Though we rarely saw them, I still felt that kinship ...

Her day include chatting with her baby sister who is no longer a baby, butchering deer and tackling the long-awaited task of cleaning out the garage.

“That is when I packed up, I mentioned to my family that I was going ... I am so glad that I am not in the Amish community anymore. “I would say life outside of the community is scary, when ...

While the average family size in the United States has been shrinking for decades, the Amish population continues to ...

Her two cookbooks, “The Essential Amish Cookbook” and “Amish Family Recipes,” are available wherever books are sold. Readers can write to Eicher at Lovina’s Amish Kitchen, P.O. Box 234 ...

U.S. Justice Department intervenes to stop Sugar Grove Township from requiring Old Order Amish to abandon privies and connect ...

We had some rather intense family dynamics ... and we were trying to figure out what life looks like without the restrictions of the Amish system. When I started driving a vehicle, that was ...

She brings a unique perspective (literally and figuratively) to life as an Amish person and now as former Amish. Because of her stature, Katie's community may never have been able to see her as ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/amish-shunned-i-was-letting-people-down/ Author Saloma Furlong left the Amish at 20, and she recently helped Anna ...