BOOK REVIEW: Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Pakaluk
“I think that bringing children into the world is like bringing holiness into the world. Like every soul has a mission that can only be fulfilled by that individual and we don’t know what that individual’s mission is and even what our own mission is. We’re all figuring it out as we go. And I think, yes, it is something that I do for God in a sense of the work component.” ― Catherine Pakaluk, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth PHOTO CAPTION: Grandchildren race to hunt eggs on Good Friday. (Lovina's Amish Kitchen) [PHOTO SOURCE: https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2025/04/27/lovinas-amish-kitchen-good-friday-spent-with-family/ ] https://blackforestproject421.blogspot.com/2025/10/introducing-lovina-eichers-amish-kitchen.html “I think that bringing children into the world is like bringing holiness into the world. Like every soul has a mission that can only be fulfilled by that individual and we don’t know what that individual’s mis...