司迪妮(凯瑟琳•贝勒 Kathleen Beller 饰)是一位非常年轻的姑娘,对待生命的态度充满了热忱,可是,这样一个美好的女孩,在上帝的作弄之下,她的生命只剩下6个月的时间了,而唯一能够延长她寿命的方法,就是去接受价值不菲的手术。司迪妮的丈夫是一名工人,手术所要花费的数额对于他们这样的家庭来说堪称天价。 虽然司迪妮并没有放弃求生的欲望,但眼看着时间一分一秒的流逝着,她离手术台的距离却越来越远。就在这个节骨眼上,一个名叫珍妮(Rachel Owens 饰)的女人出现在了司迪妮的生命中,珍妮是一名单亲妈妈,她和司迪妮之间竟然产生了超常规的感情。Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.