Tilda Mae Robinson is a divorced woman living in Chicago. She has a great friend in Jan, her next door neighbor but Jan has a secret that she is keeping from Tilda about her personal life. Like all secret, this one eventually comes to light and sets everyone around them in a tail-spend. But there is more to this story because there are lots of lessons to be learned along the way about relationships, friendships and family. When the story opens, it is a chilled winter's day. Tilda is watching from her window as people are scurrying about and trying to get out of the cold. She is preparing a special dinner for friends. Tilda is a very strong woman but you wouldn't know it because she has her own issues that she believes that she has already dealt with but they are festering deep inside. Go with Tilda as her life unfolds and people around her unravel.