In 1967, two sisters, Juliet (Darby Camp) and Evangeline (Chandler Head) are abandoned and raised by grandparents Walt (Corbin Bernsen) and Ruby (Melissa Gilbert) in the town of Fireside. Walt? ecentric mother Itasca (Cloris Leachman), adds laughter and tears. Humor, heartbreak and triumph are served with whipped cream and lots of local nuts in this tale of family, friendship and forgiveness.

An up-and-coming high school basketball coach is on his way to a record number of wins when he is fired after he risks everything for a player suffering at home by praying with him.

When Tess (Spiro) runs away from home at 13, she was forced to leave behind her brother. Years later, the pain of the decision still haunts her and it? not until her grandfather (Bernsen) makes it his dying wish that she confronts her past and goes home.