Experience a life that few people live today Its a life filled with physical risk requiring each member to workand playfor the good of the whole Told with refreshing forthrightness this tribute and memoir is a heartwarming story ofchildren growing up in a Mennonite home and farming community The Susquehanna River is the touchstone for recollections of obstacles triumphs and challenges in a large loving household Binding the family together are parents with unshakable values songs at every turn and the constant demands of farm life Experience your feet touching the cold bedroom floor on a winter morningsharing a single bathroomsurviving a flooddriving tractor at the age of fivefeeding winterborn lambs by the cookstovehigh spirits and teasingdiscovering a nest of baby rabbitsand the carefilled guidance of parents with nearly opposite dispositions Love connection and faith formed and continues to sustain this family This story is beautifuly told by one of the family members Rose