The new college is thriving and the Collins family is growing and happy in their western home, though soon the family must navigate a series of choices.

Illness forces family members to decide on new paths for their futures, reunites old friends and brings new challenges they must face together.

Will Tommy be mature enough to handle the monumental choice that falls on his young shoulders?

Will it all be too much for him?

Ruby, on the brink of womanhood, is forced to make the ultimate choice when two suitors come calling.

Will they live to regret the decisions of their hearts?