Join us as Keturah shares what it means to her to come from Old Order Amish heritage, what it was like growing up Beachy Amish Mennonite in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and a little about her palliative care work with infants and families as a nurse at the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pa.

Content and potential trigger warnings include death and dying of children, genetic birth defects, and religious language.

Keturah Beiler (she/her) works as a nurse at the Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pa where she does palliative care for infants and children in Amish and Mennonite communities.  Experiencing death and dying with these families Keturah has learned to be present for, and even embrace life's joys and pain. 

Keturah's roots are Old Order Amish/Mennonite, which honors by raising her children with the same values while also allowing them broader opportunities.  She is married with three children, ages 17-23, and lives in the farmhouse where her husband was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  The old house has taught them that progress is messy, not often linear or static, and that there's always another task right around the corner (or living in the corner!).  And such is life: the work and joy of living and learning.