Betty Clark:

She lost two babies, her first husband, all her teeth, a variety of internal organs and then suffered a string of failed marriages. On the edge of taking her own life, she has a last ditch conversation with God about the purpose of all her suffering.

Brad Stuart:

A successful, but overworked doctor, he learns about loss first-hand when a bad career move leaves him without a job, stripped of his self-worth and then his marriage. His journey through despair gives him a knowledge of suffering that changes the way he does medicine.

Kellen Perry:

A close brush with death from throat cancer causes Kellen to abandon a blossoming musical career even through her voice was saved. After a twenty year hiatus, she discovers a new and more more fulfilling use for her music while caring for her dying father-in-law.