Take one small boy abandoned by parents too young to cope. Add grandparent"s with an abundance of devotion and a heart broken by their children"s rejection. Gently blend their lives while adding the joys and sorrows life brings. It"s the recipe for a life sweetly blended with love. Liz realized that raising Mark was her chance to give the love her own children had refused. He needed her; and she needed him to accept her values, love, and deep seeded morals. George had been placed in an orphanage during the depression years when his parents could not afford his care, and was a place he vowed never to see any of his kin raised.