In the near future, a young mother leaves behind a book for her daughter before she embarks on her space journey to the outer solar system in an attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial creatures. Sections from her book are interspersed with her husband's verbal recollections of their love story, which he addresses to their young daughter.

A misanthrope’s decision to ditch her donuts and weed to go exercise in the park leads her to a near-death experience.

Going through his daily motions, a Delaware farmer stops for a second to reminisce on an intimate near-death experience he shared with a mysterious boy during World War II.