Mara Nichols is a successful lawyer, devoted wife, and adoptive mother who has received a life-shattering diagnosis. Scott Coffman, a middle school teacher, has been fostering an eight-year-old boy whose mother is serving a jail sentence. Scott and Mara both five days left until they must say good-bye to the ones they love the most. Their stories explore both the individual limits of human endurance and the power of relationships.