A Candle Lights The Heart

Every Memorial Day thousands of people come together at a beach in Honolulu, Hawaii to float candle-lit lanterns as an homage to loved ones who have passed away. While the ritual originates in Buddhist tradition, the event is for people of all beliefs. Against the backdrop of this highly emotional event, A Candle Lights the Heart follows five stories of loss, grief, compassion, redemption and, finally, peace: a family who loses its young son to cancer; a couple who lose their son in the Iraq war; a woman who loses a dear friend in the devastating Japan tsunami; a husband who loses his wife to cancer and the children who lose their mother; and a couple who lose their son in a fatal skateboard accident.