Uber-successful mother and widow Mara Keegan has been chasing success and 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. 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.