The five Blackburn children grow up in an idyllic setting on a northern Alabama farm. Their days are filled with horseback riding, make-believe adventures, and climbing to the top of a nearby Indian mound to dream about the future. Every year, just before Christmas, they ride to the far side of the ranch and bring home the perfect Christmas tree. When they grow up, they go their seperate ways, Edie, the oldest, heads off to college and a career in entertainment. When two of her brothers, David and Phillip, are killed in seperate car accidents, the three remaining Blackburns are drawn even closer to one another, and Grandma Alice reminds Edie that God is using her heartbreaks to give hope and help to others. |
