Circumstance has brought together three women "of a certain age" ... Grace, Hannah, and Amelia ... to a Pennsylvania boardinghouse where three square meals and a sagging bed is the most any of them can look forward to. But friendship will take them on a startling journey to a rundown North Carolina farmhouse where the unexpected suddenly seems not only welcome, but delightfully promising.

Housemates Hannah, Grace, and Amelia always try to surround themselves with love and hope, as as they help a dear friend cope with illness, they develop a deeper mutual compassion and a true appreciation for the toughness of the human spirit.

Barbie and her sisters celebrate the holidays together and share a few surprises.

Widowed Amelia is shocked when Miriam Smith arrives on her doorstep, claiming to be her late husband's illegitimate daughter, and hides behind the pain of her husband's betrayal, refusing to accept that God is offering Amelia a new chance at the family she has always wanted.