Sixty years after a tragic accident on the Mississippi River, Doctor James Earl Pierre Thibodeaux, nearing retirement, decided now to find and conclude the written story of his Grandparents Rebecca and Nathan Thibodeaux. He was estranged from family by his profession and land distance, decided now the time to seek. A search that would involve travel to his childhood home but not alone as he found love along the way. A puzzle unworked and pieces added as Doctor James' quest fulfilled. He dug his roots and planted new ones in Caddo Parish, Louisianna.