Gathering of Sisters: A Year with My Old Order Mennonite Family
Once a week Darla Weaver bundles her children into the buggy, hitches up her spirited mare, and drives six miles to the farm where she grew up. There she gathers with her four sisters and their children for a day with their mother. In Gathering of Sisters, Weaver writes about her horse-and-buggy Mennonite family and the weekly women’s gatherings that keep them connected. On warm days, the children play and fish and build houses of hay in the barn. In the winter, everyone stays close to the woodstove, with puzzles and games and crocheting. No matter the weather, the Tuesday get-togethers of this Old Order Mennonite family keep them grounded and centered in their love for God and for each other.

The rest of the week is full of laundry, and errands, and work that never ends. But Tuesdays are about being sisters, daughters, and mothers.

Hear straight from Amish and Mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.

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Gathering of Sisters: A Year with My Old Order Mennonite Family
Once a week Darla Weaver bundles her children into the buggy, hitches up her spirited mare, and drives six miles to the farm where she grew up. There she gathers with her four sisters and their children for a day with their mother. In Gathering of Sisters, Weaver writes about her horse-and-buggy Mennonite family and the weekly women’s gatherings that keep them connected. On warm days, the children play and fish and build houses of hay in the barn. In the winter, everyone stays close to the woodstove, with puzzles and games and crocheting. No matter the weather, the Tuesday get-togethers of this Old Order Mennonite family keep them grounded and centered in their love for God and for each other.

The rest of the week is full of laundry, and errands, and work that never ends. But Tuesdays are about being sisters, daughters, and mothers.

Hear straight from Amish and Mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.

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Gathering of Sisters: A Year with My Old Order Mennonite Family

by Darla Weaver
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by Darla Weaver

Overview

Once a week Darla Weaver bundles her children into the buggy, hitches up her spirited mare, and drives six miles to the farm where she grew up. There she gathers with her four sisters and their children for a day with their mother. In Gathering of Sisters, Weaver writes about her horse-and-buggy Mennonite family and the weekly women’s gatherings that keep them connected. On warm days, the children play and fish and build houses of hay in the barn. In the winter, everyone stays close to the woodstove, with puzzles and games and crocheting. No matter the weather, the Tuesday get-togethers of this Old Order Mennonite family keep them grounded and centered in their love for God and for each other.

The rest of the week is full of laundry, and errands, and work that never ends. But Tuesdays are about being sisters, daughters, and mothers.

Hear straight from Amish and Mennonite people themselves as they write about their daily lives and deeply rooted faith in the Plainspoken series from Herald Press. Each book includes “A Day in the Life of the Author” and the author’s answers to FAQs about the Amish and Mennonites.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781513803371
Publisher: MennoMedia
Publication date: 09/25/2018
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

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Darla Weaver is a homemaker, gardener, writer, and Old Order Mennonite living in the hills of southern Ohio. She is the author of Water My Soul and Many Lighted Windows, and she has written for Family Life, Ladies Journal, Young Companion, and other magazines for Amish and Old Order Mennonite groups. Before her three children were born she also taught school. Her hobbies are gardening and writing.

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Table of Contents

Introduction to Plainspoken 9

Author's Introduction 11

Family Members 15

January: Tuesdays at Moms and the Tuesday Tablecloth 17

February: No New Shoes for Mama 36

March: Do Horses Have Hormones Too? 57

April: Biking through Puddles: Spring Comes to the Hills Again 81

May: Mom's Three-Ring Circus 106

June: Zucchini Kayaks, Spatula Showers, and Silicone Cupcake "Papers" 125

July: Pandemonium: The Tuesday Moments 155

August: When Daughter Takes Over Driving Charlotte 176

September: Babyhood Vanishes When First Grade Starts 198

October: Coffee High, Cat Tails, and Snapping Turtles 213

November: Teenagers No More: Winter's Coming 230

December: Giddyup: Christmas, plus Year's End Comes Careening 245

A Day in the Life of the Author 258

FAQ about Old Order Mennonites: The Author Answers 262

Acknowledgments 267

Notes 269

The Author 271

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