The biggest mistake of Daniel Klein's life was leaving Kathleen Doherty. It was self defense, he left her before she figured out he was a loser. She loved him, but he knew that eventually she would leave him. Score one for Daniel, he did the leaving taking his infant son, Leo. He realized his mistake too late. Kathleen married the perfect man, a doctor. The biggest mistake of Kathleen's life was sleeping with her old boyfriend John. Maggie was the result. Maggie was not the mistake however. Marrying John was. Kathleen went from an independent woman who lived in New York to a housewife in Wayzata, Minnesota. When John dies in an accident, Kathleen rebuilds her life with the help of friends and family. Through it all she still dreams about Daniel.