The Passage of Time

In her first book, We Are Surely Blessed, Ann Williams focused on herparents, Leslie and Esther Johnson. They watch as their five older children growto adulthood, marry and start their own familys while the two younger childrencontinue their education.

They pulled together during the Great Depression, WW I, and saw two oftheir sons serve in the army during WW II.

It is now 1949. In The Passage of Time you will see their dream ofhaving a large family, materialize. Each of the families has settled in the farmingarea around Guss, Iowa. Follow them as they prosper with their own dreamsand watch their children go forward. Share with them the beginning of life andthe loss of life, as sudden sadness engulfs them.

Join Esther and Leslie as they celebrate their 50th Anniversary. Theycontinue to share the love of the land, the pride in their family, and the countryin which they were born. They continue to hold their faith in God. There isa feeling that someone is always watching over them and He will walk with themfor the rest of their lives.

Follow their youngest daughter as she and her husband and two sonsleave the Iowa farm lands and settle in San Jose, California.