Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are an urban poor family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter’s formal adoption. The inevitable separation is heart-rending for the foster family.

Thelma’s foster child John-John (Kier Segundo) is to be turned over to his adoptive American parents. Every moment with the 3-year-old John-John becomes more precious as Thelma goes through the day fulfilling her motherly duties for the last time.

The bittersweet turnover, underscored by the luxury of the place, delivers the painful truth that love and life are not equal. The realization hits Thelma and Yuri as they leave the hotel.

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