Cry, laugh, and celebrate with Anna Sweeney, as she struggles to overcome hardships that would destroy other women. With the help of a Catholic Priest, her husband's former boss, friends from church, and even total strangers, she endures the murder of her husband, the death of a son, and other rigors imposed on her by the Civil War. Live with her as she watches her sons mature and overcome tueir own adversities and develop into successful adults, and live their own exciting lives.