Dealing with a newly diagnosed health issue, Khaki sees numerous doctors to help her get pregnant. Jodi is her husband’s young cousin who has struggled with alcoholism, and when Jodi finds out she is pregnant, Khaki does her best to help Jodi find her way as a new single mom. As much as Jodi loves her daughter, Carolina, she knows Khaki would be a better mother and makes the decision to ask Khaki to raise her baby. This is the story of these two southern mothers, told through their letters to baby Carolina.