Natalie begins to think about Maggie's assertion that she focuses too much of her life on her children, while she should spend more time thinking about herself. Natalie may disagree. Something that Natalie does not yet know is that Caleb is contemplating going to Africa for the summer on a work term, while figuring out what to do about his relationship with Ariel. Emma has just started a triathlon program - something that Natalie feels will take up too much of her precious time - while she adjusts to being in the same class as Romy. Gifted Romy may have problems adjusting to the social aspects of her new school situation. And her unofficial fourth child, Maggie, has just found out that Simon, her new sex partner, wants to continue their relationship despite he already having a girlfriend, about who Maggie didn't know before sleeping with him. Natalie may change her mind about Maggie's assertion when she meets Emma and Romy's new principal, Andrew Wallace. And Natalie decides to broaden her horizons by joining Maggie in her new aggression therapy. This all may change for Natalie when she learns that her cancer has returned in a much more aggressive form than the first time...
—Huggo