October 1918

World War One is raging in Europe. Twelve-year old Iris Lapelle and her mother wait anxiously in Los Angeles for her father to return from the conflict. One afternoon, Iris leans over a new sidewalk and writes these words in the fresh concrete: Please, God, bring Dad home safely.

Over the next eighty-one years, her inscription will affect the lives of four women she never meets. All four will discover that forgiveness and love don't merely give meaning to life. They are life itself.