In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Farrah Fawcett
as Jewel Hilburn
Patrick Bergin
as Leston Hilburn
Cicely Tyson
as Cathedral
Robin Dunne
as Wilman Hilburn (Age 18-26)
Peter Donaldson
as Nathan White
Laura Mercer
as Brenda Kay Hilburn (Age 8-9)
Ashley Wolfe
as Brenda Kay Hilburn-Age 16
Kelly Harms
as Burton Hilburn (Age 19-27)
Ron Payne
as Dr. Basket
Kristin Booth
as Annie Hilburn (Age 19)
Natalie Radford
as Raylene Hilburn (Age 22-30)
Sonia Lynn Kerr
as Brenda Kay Hilburn (Age 4)