Eugenia is happily complacent in her structured life until the day she discovers 5-year old Spooner playing in her childhood tree house. She chases the boy away with dire warnings, but that's not enough to keep Spooner from bringing his homeless family back to the tree house to spend the night.Although Eugenia's wishful suitor, Stan, chides Eugenia for her cold heart after she sends the Tree People packing, Stan's own rigid beliefs are tested when his son comes home for spring break with a pregnant girlfriend.As the Blizzard of the Century threatens the region, Eugenia and Stan grapple with their right wing attitudes when they collide at a very personal level with the problems of real people.If a butterfly can flap its wings and start a hurricane, a small boy just might be able to change some lives forever.