Jessie, at age forty-two unexpectedly loses her husband to a heart attack and instantly becomes a single mom to her two teenage daughters. After six months she is still unable to grieve for him and feels that their marriage had been so full of regret, and wonders if she really ever loved him at all. Keeping her thoughts and feelings to herself she continues to give support to her daughter's in the loss of their father while secretly struggling to find her own peace. Will is a landscape designer and met Jessie several years before her husband died and has always been drawn to her. Since getting a divorce the previous year, he finds that nothing is standing in the way of him pursuing a relationship with her, but can Jessie deal with her past and open her heart to Will, who wants to show her things she never dream of? It will be their struggle throughout their growing relationship finding balance and love in every aspect of their life together. How can Jessie ever discover the meaning of marriage through Will's eyes and sees it is about having someone to belong to; that the words are not just spoken once and forgotten but lived everyday in the things you choose to share together.