by Jennifer | Apr 6, 2020 | Author's Corner, Faith, Family
In recent years, to help my grandchildren learn the Easter story, I made them “Easter in an Egg Carton.” The carton contains 12 plastic Easter eggs with a part of the Easter story and a token to go with each. I wanted to share it with you. Feel free to...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Mar 30, 2020 | Author's Corner, Family
I’m not a very visually creative person, but with the help of Pinterest and the Internet in general, I can sometimes pull off something amazing. 🙂 Three weeks ago, my daughters and I threw a baby shower for my niece. I really wanted to make it special, so I went...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Feb 24, 2020 | Amish, Author's Corner, Cooking, Family, Farming&Gardening
A message from Anna Helmuth, Amish fraa, mater, and mammi and irrepressible matchmaker in The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill books. Vie gehts, everybody? As a mater of 13 children, I’ve learned a lot about cooking and cleaning over the years. Here are some tips I’ve...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Dec 9, 2019 | Christmas, Family, Quilting Bee
My friend’s son, now 23, has played lacrosse since he was 8 years old. This means A LOT of jerseys and tournament t-shirts filled his dresser drawers. My friend was inspired by seeing some t-shirts made into quilts. She used iron-on letters that added a unique...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Sep 23, 2019 | Faith, Family, Motherhood
Recently I posted a story from my dad about German prisoners of war coming to his father’s farm to work. Now I want to share a story written by my mom. I hope we all remember kindness instead of anger, judgment, or blame: One year, when I was a teenager, my dad...
by Jennifer Beckstrand | Sep 9, 2019 | Author's Corner, Faith, Family, Farming&Gardening
There is so much unkindness in the world. People act like bullies online, with no consideration that there might be a human being on the other end. We’ve lost the ability to discuss our disagreements in a civil and kind manner, and it makes me so sad. But good...
