An older father tells the stories of his life for his children, and for the children they might one day have who will not know him in the flesh. Carmine Sarracino grew up in the community of Italian immigrants on Federal Hill in Providence, Rhode Island. He might have, like many of his friends, ended up in prison, or drug addicted, or killed in mafia violence. But this is the story of overcoming adversity through the power of blood-- the power of family and love.