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On a frigid winter day exactly 109 years ago, my father John Rempel Schmidt was born in a small farmhouse in a Plautdietsch (Low-German) Mennonite community in south central Kansas. I dedicate my very first podcast to my father’s memory. The show “We Are…
I’m launching a new podcast next week and I’m excited to share it with you! At the end of 2019, I wrote about the elderly in our society, whom we sadly treat as invisible and voiceless. Here’s the other side of this: I have been…
At the end of 2019, I wrote about the elderly in our society, whom we sadly treat as invisible and voiceless in our society. But here’s the other side of this: I have been given a voice, and yet, too often I’ve failed…
I’ve been reflecting on changes since Christmases past. That’s Ed and I in front of our tree in 2013 in the photo above. We did Christmas BIG. Only six years later: We’re still having fun. …
Christmas Eve, a perfect night to express affection for your family, to forgive those who failed you, and to forget past mistakes. ~ Unknown
My Mother, Gazing at her Youth It seems the invisibility curse of the elderly is especially harsh on women. A recent article by Ann Brenoff in AARP pointed out that women are increasingly unseen, marginalized by the younger, and left feeling that they no longer have…