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 sights and sounds of horses neighing, birds singing, hens cackling, and the hoot from a solitary owl. She waves at an Amish family riding by in their horse-drawn buggy.
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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 sights and sounds of horses neighing, birds singing, hens cackling, and the hoot from a solitary owl. She waves at an Amish family riding by in their horse-drawn buggy.
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