The Bridge at Willow Creek

Since her mother died, Hannah Stoltzfus has held her family together with quiet hands and a closed heart. She keeps the lists, tends the animals, makes sure no one notices how thin she's stretched. But she hasn't touched her quilting frame in four years, and she's been standing outside her faith like someone peering through a fence at a field she's not sure she's allowed to enter.Since her mother died, Hannah Stoltzfus has held her family together with quiet hands and a closed heart. She keeps the lists, tends the animals, makes sure no one notices how thin she's stretched. But she hasn't touched her quilting frame in four years, and she's been standing outside her faith like someone peering through a fence at a field she's not sure she's allowed to enter.Then gossip twists Jonah's business into scandal, and Hannah discovers how quickly she believes the worst - and how much her fear has been making her decisions for her. The covered bridge at Willow Creek, where a rainstorm first drove them together, becomes the place where she must choose: keep her world small and safe, or trust that the same God who asks for fences also built bridges.A story about the threads of kindness that hold a community together, the courage it takes to begin again, and the quiet revelation that fences aren't cages - they're gifts that keep the good things in.

Pages: 170, Paperback, Yellow Duck Press