Candles on Bay Street plot
"One woman's hope brought light to an entire town"
DeeDee returns to her hometown with her 11-year-old son Trooper, thirteen years after she ran away from home with her boyfriend. Her childhood best friend Sam is now married and he and his wife Lydia are the town's vets. Lydia is a little hesitant about DeeDee after Sam tells her they were best friends growing up and DeeDee was his first crush. But DeeDee and Trooper find their way into many a local's heart with their sweet helpfulness and friendships. DeeDee sets up a candle-making business in the town square, invites many of the town's ladies to weekly candle-making parties, and this is how she and Lydia become good friends. One night after dinner with Lydia and Sam, DeeDee tells Sam that she is very ill and has not long to live and asks for his help to find a good family in town to adopt Trooper. Sam later tells Lydia everything and they decide to adopt Trooper themselves if, or when, DeeDee can't anymore.