 A young teenager (Allred), frustrated with the incessant fighting he is exposed to between his mother and father, runs into a lightning storm one night to escape the abuse. He dives head first into a motel swimming pool which is not filled with water, cracks his head open, and slips into a coma. By the time he awakens, his father has split and he is almost completely deaf. He is sent out of state to attend a school for the hearing-impaired, under the safety and care of a foster family. His new home has many beautiful lessons for him to help him on his healing path.