A woman who struggles with her strained relationship with her mother-in-law dreads the upcoming Easter celebration with her husband’s family. While she enjoys the beauty of Easter, spending it with her mother-in-law, Cynthia, always feels uncomfortable, as she’s never quite measured up in Cynthia’s eyes. After some reluctant convincing from her husband, Dave, she agrees to go to his family’s house, hoping it will be easier than staying at home, where reminders of what they don’t have—children—linger.
The Easter morning at church is surprisingly calm, with no sharp remarks or passive-aggressive comments from Cynthia. But everything changes when, after the service, the woman notices a little girl, no older than five, sitting alone on the church steps with an Easter basket. The girl, Ava, explains that her father is supposed to meet her there, but no one is coming. Despite her mother-in-law’s protests, the woman decides to take Ava with them, sure that the child shouldn’t be left alone.