Barry O'Connell was thankful for the life he had been handed by his parents and appreciated the fact that he was very well off, much better than most guys his age. He strived to share the wealth that was his by helping out the less fortunate and providing them with the opportunities they would normally never achieve. Along his journey he would find his life enhanced by Heather, the girl who would share all of his dreams with him, but as he was soon to find out, life is full of peaks and valleys, ups and downs, and even the most well to do and generous people have to answer to the pitfalls of life. His world is turned upside down by that hand of fate, not once but twice, as his life is shattered both physically and emotionally.