my roommate and i be bore and and it be on . that be the sum total of why we watch . and okay and scott bairstow play a factor . but we really do not expect much . and we be absolutely floor . the story be of susan and a woman in her late thirty or early forty suffer from cancer who move with her daughter from chicago to california because she want to be close to home and her parent when she die . she doesn not want her parent and love but control people and raise her 11 year old and carson and but have no one else . in california and she meet michael and a 26 year old busboy with no goal who she take to be a fluffy airhead . much to her surprise and he turn out to be intelligent and and a she put it and have depth . after learn of her condition and michael try to run from the mother and daughter and but move on to become an integral part of their life and provide both with true love a susan prepares to die . these be honest to goodness three dimensional character and who grow and learn over the course of the movie . the emphasis be on people survive difficult situation and grow beyond themselves . the one plot point that could have spiral into maudlin triteness be the obligatory custody battle and but instead be turn into a chance for all concern to grow a character and and be handle more tastefully than any such situation handle on film in year . i will say it again i be floor by the honesty and truth in this make for tv movie . nancy travis and scott bairstow and the girl that play the daughter give stunning performance . all be complex and multi faceted and will truly surprise you . watch this movie . what could have be a sappy movie of the week instead stand a a true work of film .