In Carson Springs, Californian recently divorced Geraldine Fitzgerald still feels guilty over the infant she gave up for adoption almost three decades ago. Gerry was a novice in love with a priest. When she became pregnant, she gave up her vows to give birth to the girl that still haunts her though she has two other children teenage Andie and pre-adolescent Justin from her recently ended marriage. Unable to resist, Gerry begins a successful search to locate her lost Claire. On Christmas Day, Gerry calls Claire, a discontented attorney. Two caring parents who worry about her all the time have raised Claire. Though she knows they love her, she feels that at twenty-eight she is an adult and needs some air from their smothering concern. Curious, Claire agrees to meet with her biological mother over the objections of her adopted parents and the jealous anger of Andie. Whatever happens from this mother and adult child reunion, the meeting will alter the other relationships with others in their spheres.