In the series premiere, Rebecca helps three women begin to heal from the traumatic loss of a mother and child at the hands of a deranged family member. In a subsequent episode, viewers will meet Ian, a young soldier, who wonders if his late mother was the guardian angel that saved him from a rocket-propelled grenade attack that destroyed his vehicle while on duty in Afghanistan.

Cara lost her husband and five-year-old son in a car accident that her young daughter survived. When Traci's mom died of cancer, her estranged father unexpectedly re-entered her life.

Big sister Laura felt she was doing the right thing when delivering some tough love to her brother about his problems with drugs. Mindy's dreams for the perfect destination wedding are shattered when two of her best friends and bridesmaids are killed in a car accident in route to the rehearsal dinner.