Old Order Mennonite Memoirs

With heavy eyelids and burning eyes brought on by daylight saving time, we also bounced back and forth like a ball. March, with unpredictable moods, bounced us between winter and summer. But we're adapting. I'm always amazed at the resiliency of the human body and how it recovers and adjusts to changes.

Sunshine, with powerful heat, beamed on our Monday, March 9. The garden soil begged for seeds so I obliged. I dropped the little, shriveled bits into my scratched rows where they wait for a miracle wrought by the power of God.

The next day wasn't so sunny or warm but the greenhouse, with a...