Katie makes a last minute trip to the mall for a musical birthday candle. But when a late winter blizzard comes up, she is unprepared. Taking a short cut home she finds herself in trouble when freezing rain glazes her windshield and she can't drive on. Cold and shivering, panic grips her. But she knows there is nothing to do but wait and hope that help will come along.
Katie has plenty of time to look deep within and discover what is really important in her life. She decides that if she makes it home safely she will make some much needed changes. She falls asleep and awakes to find the freezing rain has frozen the doors and windows tighter than a coffin.
Realizing she is trapped, hysteria sets in. Katie goes within herself to find sanity. Then something strange and miraculous happens, something that Katie cannot explain to this day.