 With her entire life ahead of her, Linda Ford, a college freshman full of dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer, is madly in love with her boyfriend Bobby. One night Linda is convinced by Bobby that the only way she can prove her true love for him is by having sex. When they later find out that the events of that evening lead to her pregnancy,Bobby suggests that she has an abortion. At the tender age of 18 and against any logic, Linda decides to have her baby, knowing well that this decision will mean the end of her dreams and the beginning of a family nightmare. Overnight, Linda finds herself homeless and distant from everything she knows. Determined to have her baby and make a living, Linda finds a job at a rare bookstore in Hollywood, CA. Owned by Vincent, a solitary old man who has lost all of his loved ones and who appears to be simply waiting to be reunited with them. The loneliness that these two strangers seem to share is quickly replaced with the  joy of life  that Maria, Linda s newborn baby, brings to their lives. Paul Harrison, who is the paramedic that responded to the 911 call that preceded Maria s arrival to the world in the back of a city bus, romantically falls in love with Linda. In this picture perfect fairy tale, destiny takes a cruel twist and turns everything upside down with a terrible event that puts their lives on hold for 4 years. This challenging time proves without a shadow of a doubt that the love of a mother can only be compared with the love of God.