How an Amish girl left her community but kept her family

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Some choose the simple life, others are born into it.

Elizabeth Byler remembers a time when she would do anything to lead the life the average American is accustomed to. She felt like a slave to the black, blue or purple dress that made her so hot in the summer, and longed to cut her hair into a cute bob that was then the trend.

She would watch the “English” teenagers walk around town in their fancy shoes, listening to loud, hip-hop music and talking about what happened last night on a TV show like “Melrose Place.”

Byler was born Amish here, and enjoyed none of the “English” luxuries.

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