Passing Through

Seventy years ago, in 1944, Elizabeth Gull moved to Salt Lake City to work in a aircraft factory. She was eighteen years old, and World War II was changing lives everywhere.

A few years earlier, a young man named Norman Barnes left his home in southern Missouri to join the army. In 1944, he was stationed in Utah.

They met on a blind date. And I guess, as they say, the rest is history — family history for me. They raised four children, and now have 16 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren.


About ten years ago, my sisters and I made this video in honor of our grandparents, Norm and Liz Barnes.We are grateful for their guidance and example. Their love story is sweet and inspiring. 

I hope you can feel that as you see and hear their story.

You can read another post about my grandmother's "legacy" to me (in a much less serious sense of the word) here: The Power of the Dark Side