The Best is yet to Come, Prologue:
Annie and Eric Camden: Eric Camden is 54 years old and works as a minister a local church. Once Simon went off to college Annie, 52, started working part time as a florist in a local flower shop. Annie and Eric live in the same house in Glen Oak with their daughter Ruthie and sons Sam and David.
Ruthie: Ruthie is 18 and is a senior in high school. She is currently single and is hoping to go to Penn State for her undergrad and Harvard Law School for her degree.
Sam: Sam is 10 years old and is in 4th grade in elementary school.
David: David, Sam's twin, is 10 years old and is in 4th grade in elementary school.
Matt and Sarah Camden: Matt Camden is 28 and is an OB/GYN at Glen Oak Community Hospital. He and his wife of 7 years, Sarah, 27, live in a little house in Glen Oak about a mile away from Annie and Eric with their son Eliot Cain who is 3 years old. Sarah is a pediatrician in a local doctor's office.
Mary and Carlos Rivera: Mary, 26, and Carlos, 27, Rivera moved back to Glen Oak after finding out that Mary was pregnant. Now they live in a nice cozy house just about 2 miles away from Annie and Eric. After finding out that the baby that was growing inside Mary, 5 months pregnant, was a girl they decided to name the baby Savannah Ria. Mary is going to night school to be a schoolteacher and is a pre-school teacher during the day, while Carlos works as a fire fighter.
Lucy and Kevin Kinkirk: Lucy, 25, and Kevin, 31, live in Lucy's parent's garage apartment, but are hoping to move out and find a place of their own. After graduating from school as a minister Lucy now works beside her father as the associate pastor at her father's church. Kevin works as a police officer in the Glen Oak police force. Lucy has a secret hope to have a baby, which she hopes some day will come true.
Simon Camden and Brianna Louis: Both Simon, 21, and Brianna, 22, attend NYU and are studying to be pharmaceutical sails reps. Simon and Brianna have been going out for almost a year now and Simon is hoping to pop the question soon.