A wonderful piece of love is the idea that in it's most purest form, it will be unconditional, unwavering and last a lifetime. For Lenora, a wife, mother and lovely Italian American woman living in New York, she is an energy that one would revel in. It is Christmas Eve and she is baking cookies not only for Santa but for the return of her husband Kenneth who is in the Navy. She speaks of the joys and challenges of being a military wife, the struggles of her pregnancy with her twins and the rituals that her and Kenneth have in their marriage. One is the idea of opening one gift on Christmas Eve. The kids always go for the biggest box not understanding the most amazing gifts can come in small packages. For Lenora, the love she has for her husband, kids and their lives can never be folded and put into a box but no true love can. As the night goes on, cookies are done, kids are in bed, Lenora can't wait to wake up to her husband walking through the door.

Instead with the rise of the sun she was greeted by three Navy officials, one of which was the Chaplin. This is the story of one woman who is enjoying her simple yet complicated life patiently waiting for her husband to return from deployment but on this Christmas, there were no gifts, only sorrow. Sometimes we never know how strong we are until that strength is challenged. But with the love her children and the forever strength she finds inside of her, she will continue to be everything she was before the that Christmas Day morning. She will love, thrive, and find those little gifts to make her smile and push forward.