In the 1970s, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Wittaker design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War that changes the course of their lives forever, forcing them to change their identities and leave the past behind, never to see one another again.
While his mother grieves the death of her fourth husband, Tony vents his feelings to the Confess-O-Rama, never suspecting who's on the other end of the line.
When a boy asks his mother why he must make his bed, she tells him a story about his ancestors who posed the same question through the centuries, going all the way back to a caveboy and his mother.
Mark Stamaty recounts how the music of Elvis Presley changed his life and how his mother did not appreciate his love for rock and roll until his performance at a Boy Scout talent show helps her see Mark's passion for music.
Poppy, her rebellious son, Junior, and his friends Melphitis and Ereth, are summoned back to Gray House, to help save her family home from the destruction of the bulldozer.
Little John is proud of his mother's work as a stonecutter for a cathedral called "Big John," but struggles to understand the importance of spending so much time on one stone that no one will know Momma cut.