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Plain dressing family, how do other's do it?

We are a plain dressing family. My children are still somewhat young but I was wondering how other families deal with competing values in t…

Started by keely showalter

4 9th month 14, 2012
Reply by Timothy

Minus Amish or Mennonite.

My family and I have been attending, in sporadic episodes, the Mennonite services here. They have exact rules—written and unwritten—that mu…

Started by Timothy

13 7th month 20, 2012
Reply by Timothy

Resources

Maybe we could post some resources we come across from time to time? I just found this website by surfing the internet searching, again, f…

Started by MJ

11 5th month 29, 2012
Reply by G.H.

From Old Clothes Plain to Going Plain Back to Old Clothes

Six months ago I was becoming an oddity in Portalegre, Portugal; I wore suspenders, a somewhat wide-brimmed hat, and I had even made my fir…

Started by Kenneth Lawrence Schroeder

0 5th month 3, 2012

Jewelry

What do you do with jewelry when you realise you don't wear it? Plastic bits and bobs you paid $5 for can go in recycling or trash, sure, b…

Started by Mackenzie

7 4th month 10, 2012
Reply by Leslie Rodgers

Plain Dress: The New Bra Burning

The query that was read in meeting last Sunday "Do we honor Friend's traditional testimony that men and women are equal? How do we work to…

Started by Barbara Smith

75 3rd month 20, 2012
Reply by Betsy Packard

Plain babies and children

I am expecting a baby if everything goes well this summer. I just want to hear if there are any thoughts about teaching and showing the pla…

Started by Elin Hagberg

11 2nd month 13, 2012
Reply by Elin Hagberg

Untitled

My heart of full of so much I want to say about my plain dress journey! And, of course, not much of it can be easily put into words! I gues…

Started by Barbara Smith

1 2nd month 8, 2012
Reply by Alice Yaxley

headcovering?

Hello, friends. I am being moved to cover my hair, but I am not sure what covering to use.  I don't want to stand out too much, so I was t…

Started by Margaret Banford

28 1st month 25, 2012
Reply by Paula McConnell

Needing to "explain" your plain

I don't want to sound like I'm obsessed with a single topic, but I am working through my changing appearance and what this means to me and…

Started by Barbara Smith

4 1st month 25, 2012
Reply by Paula McConnell

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