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Plain wisdom : an invitation into an Amish home and the hearts of two women / Cindy Woodsmall and Miriam Flaud

Author
Woodsmall, Cindy
Published
Colorado Springs, Colo. : WaterBrook Press, 2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
224 pages ; 21 cm
Additional Creators
Flaud, Miriam

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: The Rhythm of Life -- The Plain Ways---A Sense of Community -- Finding Rhythm -- Maybe We All Need a Green Thumb -- The Unexpected -- Across-the-Field Notes -- R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- Hope -- Kitchen Tables (Part 1) -- The Waiting Game -- Timeless Beginnings -- The Plain Ways---Weddings and Gifts -- Kitchen Tables (Part 2) -- Underestimated Power -- Patience Is Waiting Without Anger -- Finding Peace -- New Day -- Work Ethic -- Challenges Great and Small -- The Plain Ways---The Wash House, the Kitchen, and the Garden -- The Flip Side -- Life Interrupted -- Love and Prayer and So Much More -- A Day in the Life -- I Am Who I Am -- Can You Hear Me Now? -- When Lack Hits Home -- Laughter in Odd Places -- The Plain Ways---Games, Puzzles, and Playtime -- In a Cellar or up a Tree -- Amish Friendship Bread -- Laundry, Anyone? -- The Comfort Zone -- A Little Laughter Can Go a Long Way -- Beauty, Ashes, and Things Between -- The Plain Ways---Something on the Side: Amish Women and Their Cottage Industries -- The Sting -- When Life Gives You Scraps -- Having It All Together... or Not -- Nevertheless, I Believe -- Light in the Dark -- Unexpected Refuge -- In His Hands -- The Plain Ways---Simple Celebrations -- In the Garden -- Mothers and Children -- Gratefulness -- Seeking and Finding -- Giving and Accepting -- Innocence in Action -- Swimming Upstream -- The Shape of Tomorrow -- The Plain Ways---The Daadi Haus (the Grandfather House) -- Looking for Answers -- The Gifts of Children -- Opportunity for the Taking -- Annual Quilt Auction -- Do You See What I See? -- Light Flooding the Dark -- The Strength of Weakness -- Our Final Thoughts.
Summary
Novelist Cindy Woodsmall and Miriam Flaud, an Old Order Amish woman, offer a view into their friendship and the traditions and ways of the Amish as they celebrate womanhood, God, and the special place of family in their lives.
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ISBN
9780307459343
0307459349
9780307459350 (electronic)
0307459357 (electronic)
Collection
Chris Gaines Memorial Library Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page [225]).
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