Sometimes she wished things could go back to the way they were between them when they first met. But she always thought relationships had to grow and change, and starting a family was the next step for them. Since they decided to do it, they couldn’t go back. But she never expected not to be able to get pregnant. Now she felt stuck between how she had long believed her life would end up and the road her life was on by its own accord.Rebecca seemed content with her small-town existence. Though deep in her soul she didn’t have the things she most desired, her long-established belief that a higher power directed her path compelled her to go on. But her faith is put to the test as her life takes an unexpected dark turn. She finds herself struggling with death in her family and alienation from her friends. In the midst of the turmoil she befriends Sierra, a wandering free spirit with ideas about religion that challenge Rebecca’s core values and the essence of her beliefs. Now she is forced to look deep inside herself to discover the truth about what is right and just in a world of mixed morality.The Ties That Bind explores the joys and pains of life as they happen, many times simultaneously. It is a journey through love, friendship, pain and suffering, forgiveness, and, ultimately, redemption.