Samantha Crawford is living a storybook life: shes happily married, she lives on a ranch where she keeps her beloved horse, and the stories shes told and illustrated since childhood have become published books. When her husband Billy is killed in a senseless act of violence, Sam loses her faith and her will to live. But a death-defying encounter with two children leads to a reunion with Joe, her oldest friend. As Sam watches Papa Joe care for and love the kids in his under-resourced neighborhood, she begins to realize that no matter lifes circumstances, the love of God is always reaching out to us.