A blog reader asked me to write about the choices and priorities my husband and I are making as parents of a toddler. She had observed some qualities she liked in Plain Mennonite families of her acquaintance and was interested in hearing my perspective on parenting.
Lucinda J. Kinsinger
Lucinda J. Kinsinger writes from Oakland, Md. The author of Anything But Simple: My Life as a Mennonite and Turtle Heart, she blogs at lucindajkinsinger.com
Someone recently called me a strange bird. When I was younger, this would have thrown me into throes of self-doubt,