影片改编自小说《对不起，来不及陪你长大》，讲述了普利策获奖记者戴娜·坎纳迪（Dana Canedy）和军官查尔斯·门罗·金（Charles Monroe King）的真实爱情故事。查尔斯在海外服役期间为防止在战事中阵亡，给他们刚刚出生的儿子乔丹写下了一封家书，旨在告诉他在没有父亲的成长过程中如何过上体面的生活，同时也包含了深刻的人生感悟，以及一个父亲对他从未谋面儿子的忠告和祈祷。
Follows a man who, 37 years ago, was kicked off his collegiate football team for an altercation. Now at 59, he still carries that burden. He decides to go back to school to get his degree and try out for the team to redeem his past.
