Pushing 40, Bloomfield’s garden club vice president Sherry
Butler has never moved out of her family home, still works at the
same card shop where she landed a job after high school, and so
resists change that she never accepted years of marriage proposals
from Theo, the only man she ever loved.
Once he moves on, Sherry is pursued by Brad Henderson, an old
friend who always seems to be there when she needs a helping hand.
His kindness only annoys Sherry until one day she is shocked into
self-reflection when a little girl points to her and asks her
mother if she’s “the sad woman who will wind up being an old
maid.”
With a friend’s encouragement, Sherry plans a turnaround, putting
her house on the market and her name on the waiting list for a nice
apartment with a view of the lake. She also agrees to go out with
Brad, another bold step outside her comfort zone.
Letting go of the past is about as simple as an elephant
picking up a pea, but for the first time in her life Sherry will
leap into the exhilarating world of the great unknown, a place
where faith is crucial and true love is waiting.