By Kevin Williams
I was taking Aster to school this morning and we passed a pole barn being put up by an Amish construction crew. I saw the wooden skeleton of the structure before I could see who was putting it up but from the style I suspected it might be Amish craftsmen. I told Aster to look and we'll see if they are Amish. We quickly spotted straw hats and suspenders and knew it was an Amish crew. So then Aster posed the question of what makes a person Amish. That's actually a very complex question, but for a six year-old, the answers are much more simple.  I told her to list all the things that she thinks makes a person Amish. She was excited when I told her I'd post her answers here:
ASTER'S LIST, IN HER WORDS
Having a buggy
If you were a boy, having a beard
Amish "straw hats".....
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