Two attractive, impulsive young people meet, fall in love, and decide they will find happiness together. Both are determined to leave their tranquil childhood home in the South and make a happy life together. Excited by stories of family members who have already left and prospered, the two of them elope and travel to California, only to find, as did so many others, hardship and heartbreak they never could have imagined. After becoming parents to four daughters and overcoming many trials together, our beautiful young couple realize there is one obstacle they can't overcome: alcoholism. The four sisters live the reality of life without a father: the financial hardships, the burdens of adult responsibilities at an early age, and the lack of love, instruction, and protection that they feel only their father could have provided. Meredith, the youngest of the four daughters, describes some of the events and heartaches experienced by the sisters and which she has carried deep in her memories.