Old Order Mennonite Memoirs

The monarch butterfly that floated over me made no sound but I saw it flutter in the morning sunshine. It was only a moment in its migration journey, and then it was gone from my sight. I was standing with hundreds of other invited guests waiting to hear my name be called to be seated for the wedding ceremony of nephew Chadwick Leid, oldest son of Clifford and Berneice Leid of New Enterprise. His bride was Kristine Hoover, daughter of Frank and Marian Hoover. This third wedding in September that my husband and I attended was in Farmersville on a farm that has been getting ready for weddings fo...