Celina Montoya, newly graduated from high school, finds her world upended by a family tragedy. Devastated by the loss and desperate to escape her grief, she reluctantly accepts a teaching assistant position at a mission school in Old Mexico after learning that her late father was abandoned there as a child. Upon arriving, however, she finds, to her dismay, that, with no college education or experience, she is to be the lead and only teacher for learning-disabled children. Far from home and with a blind seven-year-old in tow, Celina realizes her strength of heart and stubborn determination can help her teach children once called unteachable. As Celina gradually wins over her schoolchildren and discovers her beloved father's past, she also learns the touch of true love can take a heart once called dead and bring it to life again. . . . How could she have planned on forever when she hadn't planned on him?
