Mara Keegan is an uber-successful mother and a widow. She has been chasing success and all the "good things in life" for her family to make up for the loss of their father. Mara decides to make a photo memory quilt as a graduation present for her daughter, Cadence. Before it's finished, she suffers a heart attack and is forced to face her physically and spiritually broken heart -- and her burgeoning feelings for Joel Ryan, the man who must keep Mara's business going during her recovery.