The Beginning: (Amish Romance Christian Fiction with Hidden Secrets and Family Drama)

What Inspired the Story

Two years ago, while visiting Lancaster County, there was a moment of reflection when I realized that a placid lake surrounded by many large willows had more than captured my attention, as had a bundle of flowers along the roadside, and even an attractive wall hanging I’d seen in my Amish friends' home (near fictitious Hickory Hollow). These were the original images that sprang to life in my heart for this novel, The Beginning, while I was researching aspects of a completely different book. And because those early sparks lingered long in my memory, I knew they were meant to be knitted together into a heartwarming story that would lift readers' hearts and offer a genuine glimpse into a young Amish woman’s life-journey through the challenges of enormous loss.