At fourteen, Christoph Keller was diagnosed with a hereditary neuromuscular disorder called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which should have confined him to a wheelchair by the age of twenty. Defying doctors advice to take it easy, he begins to appreciate every moment by living each day to its fullest. By embracing the memories of an imagination-filled childhood, Keller is able to accept his alcoholic father and ever-changing disability.