Eight year old Melissa, youngest in a large Southern family, with a charismatic, alcoholic father and a long-suffering mother, is shy, highly intuitive and intelligent. Experiencing spiritual enlightenment one Summer day, her life is forever changed. Moving West during the Second World War, she grows up quickly in this chaotic, new environment. Becoming an exceptionally beautiful young woman, she meets and marries, the love of her life. When tragedy strikes, her life-long faith is tested to the limit! Sinking to the depths of despair, she is drawn into circumstances that threaten the cornerstone of her very existence.