Lily Rebecca
Mennonite Church Support and Therapy
Then, both the ladies stopped talking, and both seemed to realize that they were saying opposite things
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Lily Rebecca
- Aug 9
- 3 min
Plain Mennonite and Mental Health
Lily Rebecca an active Plain Mennonite woman who sought both professional and church support for mental health resources
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Lydia Miller
- Jul 1
- 1 min
The Aftermath
Lydia Miller is an Amish child sexual abuse survivor who has been walking the path of living with the aftermath for years.
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Aram Weibe
- Nov 6, 2022
- 2 min
Old Colony Mennonite: A Survivor's Perspective
It is the result of not giving the young men the proper education. Fathers cannot educate their sons because they also have no concept
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Lauri Stoltzfus
- Oct 3, 2022
- 3 min
Open Letter to Goshen College & Bluffton University
My name is Lauri Stoltzfus, and I recently saw a packet of materials sent to social work professors and college academic leaders
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Kris
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
The Truth of Being AFAB and Anabaptist
It doesn’t matter if the doctor said "it’s a girl" or "it’s a boy" neither is more valuable than the other. Both deserve equal rights.
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Jul 12, 2022
- 1 min
Amish Take Care of Their Own
" They often say if we were abused, we had a rebellious heart. Confessing will help us submit."
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Mary Byler
- May 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Little Girl
The Little Girl
22 January 2006
By Mary Byler
I can’t breathe, let me go, let me go…
I screamed…
I can’t see, let me go, let me go…
…but no
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- May 18, 2022
- 3 min
Finding your People
when we are open to connections, we can make connections with people we never dreamt of connecting with, in ways we never thought possible
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Rue
- Apr 2, 2022
- 2 min
After
Sometimes, when we connect with fellow trauma survivors, we find moments of clarity and solidarity in discussing trauma experiences
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Mar 15, 2022
- 3 min
Amish Parental Love
“It’s often taught as a transactional type of love”.
What do I mean by this?
It’s conditional on the Amish person or child complying with
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Mary Byler
- Jan 24, 2022
- 2 min
A Christmas Market
There's a card with an inspirational story behind the earrings. I was speechless.
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Mary Byler
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
Have you struggled with holidays?
Within many people there's a lot of grief around holidays. Part of the reason for me personally (and I can't speak for others; there may be)
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Mary Byler
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
No Regrets
I learned how to bake all of these things and make all of these foods and we had this one cookbook when I was growing up and let me explain
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Mary Byler
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Holiday Supper ?
Good morning folks, This was our dinner table last night. I wasn't sure I wanted to share this publicly, but I have decided that it's...
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Mary Byler
- Nov 24, 2021
- 1 min
Forgive?
"When you wrong someone and you ask for forgiveness, it is up to that person to choose whether to forgive you or not. "
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Mary Byler
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
What is Amish Education?
What type of learning environment is this?
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Hope Anne Dueck
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Is it Verbal Porn?
Advocates are repeatedly having survivors get in touch with us after they have reached out to people who they thought were safe, only to be
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The Misfit Amish LLC
- Nov 7, 2021
- 2 min
An Open Letter to Religion
Laying in bed, with my hood over my head, hugging my teddy bear wishing I was dead.
That’s what it does to me.
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Mary Byler
- Sep 18, 2021
- 0 min
Shunning
"Today's always been a day where it can go one of two ways.
And today I choose to continue living. "
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