Sheema has been raised by Granmom and Granpop since her mother died giving birth. Sheema has never met her father, Cruzey, a sign-painter. She feels the need to go on a quest to find him based on the few clues Granmom is able to give her. Sheema and her boyfriend Forrest drive through the south, where by luck, they locate Cruzey at his painting shop and school in Dalton, Georgia, But Sheema realizes her father can never make up for 17 years and seh and Forrest return home to the place where she knows she is loved and belongs: with Granmom and Granpop.