After the tragic death of Butch Browning’s wife, Jenny, four families begin to realize how precious --- and fleeting --- their time together is. Each is at a different stage in life: Butch is facing single parenthood. The O’Reillys are expecting their first child. The Andersons are approaching an empty nest, and the Buckleys are so focused on providing their children with everything that they’ve forgotten what they truly need. With just 18 summers before their children are grown, how do they make the most of that time when life so often gets in the way?

Filled with grief, Jules Belleno rarely leaves the house since her husband’s death while on duty as a police officer. But one day, when she ventures out to the local grocery store, Jules bumps into a fellow customer...and recognizes him as her favorite author. That’s the last thing she remembers --- until she wakes up in a strange room, the victim of a kidnapping. What she discovers will change everything she believed about her husband’s death, her career, and her faith.