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Darcy finds a list of belongings her mother had intended to give to close friends and family, and sets out to fulfill those wishes.

An unimaginative young Science PhD candidate with no belief in anything beyond her 5 senses finds a list of bequests from her late mother which leads her, with help from a handsome English professor, to believe that not everything in this world can be easily explained by science and logic.—RRP

Biology Ph.D. candidate Darcy Miller is one step away from completing her degree requirements: writing a grant proposal. She's having problems with this necessary step, at least according to her mentor Dr. Reed; she's treating it like a scientific summary of her dissertation rather than a piece that inspires potential investors. So Dr. Reed sends Darcy to consult with English professor Nathan Riley on how to approach the piece. For Darcy, meeting Nathan is an immediate clash of her extreme left brain methodical, scientific thinking versus his extreme right brain thinking where there are endless possibilities directed by energies within the cosmos. After meeting with Nathan, Darcy finds a notebook in her Math professor father Frank Miller's attic, the notebook that belonged to her mother/his wife, Marianne Miller, who was killed by a drunk driver when Darcy was a year old. Darcy has no memory of her mother, and her father never divulges any information about her. In the final written page of the notebook is a "to do" list that looks like she was planning on giving items away to various people, with four people left on the list, and the only one that she and Frank actually know is her Aunt Kathy. Nathan believes that completing this task of giving these items to their intended recipients will not only help Darcy open her mind to writing the grant proposal, but open her mind to other possibilities of what can happen in life. A reluctant and skeptical Darcy does embark on this process with Nathan by her side. It ends up being a difficult emotional task for Darcy in learning various aspects about her mother, but ultimately a cathartic one in discovering what her mother had intended for her in finding the notebook.—Huggo

Since Frank Miller lost his wife, he put her things away discreetly, but a storm breaking a window spurs him and daughter Darcy, whom he had to raise alone from a young age, to go through it and discover a diary list of items to be returned to persons of importance to his late wife. Biology Ph.D. candidate Darcy Miller is only interested in a clinical approach to her studies, but a doctorate is only an option if she can write a proposal attracting funding. Her supervising professor realizes that Darcy's dry jargon won't do the trick and forces her to seek coaching from literature professor Nathan Riley, who insists she must return the items and learn human angles in the process. He even throws in a bet and comes along 'to be sure', proving chance plays a remarkable part and teaching her social skills, maybe even love, while discovering their past touches.—KGF Vissers