DeeDee and Gabby have been best friends since the sixth grade, when headstrong and courageous DeeDee began mapping out their lives. But after twenty years of marriage DeeDee changes the plan. Nearing forty years old, she wants a baby - now! After two years of infertility treatment, prayers, DeeDee finally gets her wish. Gabby is present for all of it, noting the increasingly strange behavior of her lifelong friend after the baby's birth. Then comes a diagnosis that threatens to shatter their world. Gabby must find the strength and faith to carry DeeDee and herself through the dark unknown, but according to Gabby, "I'm not the strong one. I've never been the strong one."