Setting: Fictional town of Langhorne, Missouri Corinne Whitman Pennington, 32, Grant and Audrey Whitman’s oldest daughter, has always stayed home with her children––with the blessing of her husband. But now that the baby is weaned, and Jesse’s job has him traveling two weeks of every month, Corinne is restless. She remembers her college days, when she felt creative and energized and interesting. But she dropped out three semesters short of getting her degree in interior design. She loves their three little girls with a passion, but she’s afraid she’s losing herself under the masks of Wife and Mommy. And Jesse seems restless, too. She’s always trusted her husband, but what man wouldn’t face temptations traveling to New York and L.A. with female colleagues who are far younger and far more fascinating than Corinne? Jesse Pennington, 33, , is restless. But not for the reasons Corinne seems to think. As a sales manager for a manufacturing firm, he makes enough money that Corinne can stay home with their daughters and afford a few of the nicer things in life. But Jesse has discovered too late that his business degree has nothing to do with what he really wants to do with his life. More and more, he realizes that what God gifted him for, and what he daydreams about doing, is teaching. And not at the college level either. Jesse would love nothing more than teaching high school math and maybe coaching. But if he quits work and goes back to school to get his degree in education, there's no way they can keep their house in the suburbs, or allow Corinne to stay home with the girls. Is he being selfish to even broach the subject? But can he ignore what truly feels like God tugging at his heart? And if he answers that tug, what will his in-laws think of him? Grant and Audrey are the only positive "parents" he's ever known and what they think of his plans matters, maybe a little too much.

Bree Cordel Whitman is a Whitman by marriage. Since her husband Timothy was killed in Afghanistan, Bree’s ties to her in-laws Grant and Audrey, whom she loves, have been very strong. They have kept Tim’s memory alive for each other. But it’s been almost five years; she can’t hang on to the past forever. As love begins to awaken in her for a tall, dark, and handsome coworker named Aaron, Bree feels torn. Is she betraying Tim? Will this throw Grant and Audrey back into grieving? Can Aaron compete with the ghost of a hero? Can Bree’s faith help her live beyond the death of a loved one?

As a person of mixed race, Shayla Michaels has felt like she straddled two worlds all her life. Neither set of grandparents approved of her parents’ marriage, making it hard to be a family. Amidst the weight of rejection, Shayla becomes responsible for two family members: her niece, Portia, and her recently-widowed and embittered father. Then she meets Link Whitman when he nearly runs over Portia with his pick-up truck. Link is an unintentional bachelor, working at a dead-end job and helping out his parents at the Chicory Inn. When he meets Shayla, he’s smitten. Even though Shayla believes God loves everyone, can she believe that she and Link can overcome society’s view of their relationship and find true love?

Grant Whitman, 55, and a successful contractor, has been living for the day he can give his boss notice and spend his days on the golf course and fishing in the creek that runs behind their property.