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Family vocabulary – music One of my family’s vocabulary words is music. My father’s family spent hours singing together -four-part a Capella music, for sure. Male quartets and ladies trios. When my uncle (as a child) had a broken leg, the only thing that quieted him was hearing his sister sing. “Sing, Mabel, sing!” he’d…
Amish among the Indians The Hochstetler massacre takes place in 1757, but it affects me today. The story has been passed down from generation to generation. The massacre is part of my heritage, my people, and our God. The Delaware Indians initially lived peacefully with the white settlers who had moved into the area of…
Viral Fear There are so many media sources giving statistics and things to do and not do during this “pandemic.” With many sources giving misinformation (either intentionally or unintentionally), what’s a person to do? How do we respond when we feel our stomachs tightening, our heart rates increasing, and our fear mounting? How should we…
Sixty years Sixty years ago today. I was five when my world changed forever. For sixty years, I’ve wondered what it would have been like to grow up with a father. I will never know. At the time, it didn’t seem like that big a deal. Home was still home; Mama and my siblings were…
Sunday routine together Every Sunday when John Brenneman drove the horse and buggy home from church, he pulled on the reins to guide the horse into their lane. That wasn’t really necessary because the horse knew this was home, but John did it out of habit. The horse pulled the buggy up to the house,…
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