Fortysomething Ellen Jameson is currently downsizing her
life, a term she prefers over ones like widowed, broke and
homeless. After her husband's untimely death, she was forced
to sell his business and their family home to pay off the
debt. Now, with her party-hardy, twenty-one-year-old
daughter Amber in tow, along with Amber's three-year-old
daughter, Jet, Ellen has moved home with her mother, Wilma,
a serial bride for whom stability is a dirty word.
And the changes keep on coming. Ellen's new job at The
Cowboy of Taxes has a revolving door of down-on-their-luck
clients -- perfect for Ellen, considering her recent
experiences. In the meantime she has something of a
revolving door at home, given her mother and daughter remain
convinced that men will solve their money problems.
But life is what you make it, and in colorful San Antonio,
Texas, four generations of women discover that the most
important thing about having a past is letting it go.