My Aunt Mary
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My Aunt Mary knew how to laugh. She knew how to inspire. And she knew how to lead. For me, she knew how to encourage.
All that was special enough. On top of all that, Aunt Mary apparently was Amish from around Lancaster, as well, at least that was what I "osmosed" along the way.
I figured that reading a book about someone's experience getting to know the Amish wouldn't tell me too much, but Mackall lucked out in that he was able to spend a lot of time with the patriarch of a family who was willing to share.
What'd I learn? Mackall's Amish laugh a whole lot more than expected, they inspire in sad times and happy, they lead when necessary and stay out of the way when they don't, and, finally, they encourage their soul-mates in faith to stay involved in an institution that not many people understand.
I was one of the lucky ones. I knew all that. I knew my Aunt Mary.
Reference
Mackall, Joe. Plain Serets. An Outsider Among the Amish. Beacon Press. 2007.