Jared and his mother Dana have moved to California after his parents' divorce. He is sad about losing his Iowa friends and that his dad has moved to the East Coast and can hardly see him. One day they get an assignment at school to write to the soldiers serving in Bosnia and Jared gets in touch with Sergeant Vince. Vince answers and as a child of divorce himself, he takes on Jared. When Vince comes home on leave, he looks up Jared and then also meets Dana. They are attracted to each other but both find it hard to bond as they know Vince can be called away at any time.
This movie is decent despite coming from UP Faith & Family. The religious pointers are few. You have to live with the Americans' praise of the military.
