At ninety‑four, Arthur Logins has outlived three terminal diagnoses, a lifetime of doubts, and nearly everyone who ever told him what was possible. What he hasn’t outlived is his stubborn refusal to leave the California garden where he’s spent fifteen years tending roses, coaxing hummingbirds close, and waiting—patiently—for a goldfinch to finally sit still for his camera.
His children want him in a care facility. Arthur wants to stay exactly where he is. The compromise arrives in the form of his granddaughter, who needs a place to land and—mercifully—is one of the few people he doesn’t drive crazy.
But Arthur carries a grief he’s never fully spoken aloud: the car accident that took his wife, and the small request he made that sent her out the door that day. As his granddaughter settles in, old wounds stir, and new questions rise.
Could the faith that carried him through impossible healings help mend the hearts of his anxious, aging children? Could it steady the granddaughter who now shares his home?
In the quiet rhythms of gardening, garage tinkering, and whispered prayers, Arthur hopes to show her what he’s learned—how to talk to Jesus as naturally as breathing, and how grace can bloom even in the last season of a life.
Genre: Inspirational
His children want him in a care facility. Arthur wants to stay exactly where he is. The compromise arrives in the form of his granddaughter, who needs a place to land and—mercifully—is one of the few people he doesn’t drive crazy.
But Arthur carries a grief he’s never fully spoken aloud: the car accident that took his wife, and the small request he made that sent her out the door that day. As his granddaughter settles in, old wounds stir, and new questions rise.
Could the faith that carried him through impossible healings help mend the hearts of his anxious, aging children? Could it steady the granddaughter who now shares his home?
In the quiet rhythms of gardening, garage tinkering, and whispered prayers, Arthur hopes to show her what he’s learned—how to talk to Jesus as naturally as breathing, and how grace can bloom even in the last season of a life.
Genre: Inspirational