Children of the River

<p>Experience a life that few people live today. It’s a life filled with physical risk requiring each member to work—and play—for the good of the whole. Told with refreshing forthrightness this tribute and memoir is a heartwarming story of <strong>19 children growing up in a Mennonite home and farming community</strong>. 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.<br />Experience your feet touching the cold bedroom floor on a winter morning—sharing a single bathroom—surviving a flood—driving tractor at the age of five—feeding winter-born lambs by the cookstove—high spirits and teasing—discovering a nest of baby rabbits—and the care-filled guidance of parents with nearly opposite dispositions.<br /><strong>Love connection and faith formed and continues to sustain this family</strong>.<br />This story is beautifuly told by one of the family members: Rose Stoltzfus Huyard.</p>