Old Order Mennonite Memoirs

Said the Robin to the Sparrow, "I should really like to know

Why these anxious human beings Rush about and worry so."

Said the Sparrow to the Robin, "My friend, it must be

That they have no Heavenly Father such as cares for you and me."

I thought of this little rhyme last week when I watched a robin hopping cheerfully in our lawn. He didn't seem worried in the least about a lurking virus in the world in which he lived. But for those of us who can't depend on catching an unlucky earthworm for a snack, life changed in different ways.

The long fingers of the corona virus reached to the little Pin...