Matt Webster finds his world shattered when his wife walks out leaving him with their four-year-old son. Grief and shock are compounded by the challenge of having to cope as a working single parent juggling childcare and the considerable demands of his job. Having been something of a hands-off parent prior to his wife's departure he is thrown in at the deep end. And forced to cope as a single father Matt learns for the first time the true heartbreak and joy of unconditional love.