For years Jim Delaney has been the neighborhood doctor for the down–and–out people of downtown Manhattan. But even as he cares for others‚ Delaney hides his private grief at the loss of his wife‚ Molly‚ who took a walk to the North River one day — and never came back. Then one day‚ a little boy appears at his doorstep during a blizzard. It's his three–year–old grandson Carlito‚ who has been left by his mother in Delaney's care. Delaney's life will never be the same — and that may be a good thing.