Helen Voss describes herself as a ghost in a shell. Haunted by childhood trauma, she has spent the last several years picking up the broken pieces and trying to believe that maybe, just maybe, she can heal and be happy. Yet all is easier said than done, and Helen makes peace with her God as her will to live starts to recede bit by bit. However, after astonishingly enrolling in college from the help of her long-time therapist, Helen runs into her last thread of hope - her professor.