Southern Mom Rediscovers Rural Roots on Ohio Homestead Next to the Amish
It’s a picture-perfect summer morning amid the rolling green hills of southwest Ohio, and Melissa Renee settles into her chair on the deck of her two-acre homestead.
Drinking a cup of coffee, she takes in the sites and sounds of horses neighing, birds singing, hens cackling, and the hoot from a solitaire owl. She waves at an Amish family riding by in their horse-drawn buggy.
The scene represents a new routine for the single mother of two medically complex children who abided what she says was a Godly call to move from the city to this rural retreat. It is here where Ms. Renee has found peace after a story marked by multiple challenging chapters. It is here where she has returned to her simple roots in the South, where gardening and living off the land are ways of life….