 After signing her divorce papers, a woman (JoBeth Williams) heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother s home. At the airport, her sportswriter husband (Michael Ontkean) shows up to catch a flight to Miami to visit his father. When a blizzard hits, the two suddenly find they have time to re-evaluate their relationship with an assistance from older couple (Charles Durning and Barbara Barrie).