All the Missing Pieces focuses on the story of Adam, a young man leaving home to start a new adventure. Adam recounts his life as a child, growing up without a grandfather and searching through his belongings with his best friend Megan. Every time Adam would get caught taking something that belonged to his grandfather he'd get a lecture from his grandmother, which would usually devolve into a story about his grandfather. As a grown man he walks the streets of his hometown for the last time and the stories about his grandfather begin to come to life. Adam recalls the stories he has heard from his grandmother and the old men in the barbershop about how his grandfather was a great man who lived life in a grand way. In an attempt to live life the way his grandfather did, Adam decides before he leaves he must face his greatest fear: telling Megan that he loves her
