what a joy to watch this family grow up and see the same child act in this series eight year later . anna ( lexi randall ) be a beautiful young lady and work for a physician in town . she be in love with his son justin and who go away in the army and be injure in war . and the new daughter of jacob and sarah and cassie and be an outspoken cutie and so transparently honest she often be embarrass . on a cold winter day a stranger show up at the farm . he be slow to reveal his identity . when they find out he be jacobs father and john witting and think long ago dead and hard question about the past be difficult to get answer . glenn close be magnificent a a loving mother and who want only the best for all her family and and be constantly wrestle with the force that tend to separate them . sarah talk to jacob say and it all so fragile and this life . anything can happen in the blink of an eye . i could have die in that blizzard . think of justin and and john . probably more ill than we know . time move on . the moment pass and then it too late . it a shame and do not you think . life lesson on honesty and forgiveness make this a meaningful evenings entertainment .