Life can change in an instant| and turn your whole world upside down. And that is exactly what happens to firefighter Jeff Elliott and his wife Ruth who are living
their dream in the golden Midwest; high school sweethearts| married with two beautiful and healthy children| family farm| horses| sports| church groups| the whole
American Dream come true. And one winters day| teenage son Eric Hoovey Elliott collapses at high school basketball practice| is rushed to the hospital| and the
doctors find a tumor the size of an orange at the base of his brain. They re down to hours-if surgery that risks the boy s ability to walk| talk| and perhaps even
survive is not performed immediately| Hoovey s young life will end before it truly even begins. In a grueling 8-hour procedure| the tumor is removed. And he
survives. But for the Elliott family| life and dreams will never be the same. Hoovey has to teach himself to walk again| to read again| to even see straight with two