Joy Clausen thought she had it all. She had been a successful dolphin trainer for five years, had obtained a Bachelor's Degree in two and a half years, a Master's Degree in one year and was on her way to becoming a filmmaker. When she turned twenty-five on September twenty-fifth her friends told her that this would be her magical year . . . two months later she was diagnosed with cancer.

Soon everything she knew was changing but one thing remained constant . . . the camera. She recorded everything, from her first diagnosis of cancer with a high survival rate to the changed diagnosis of a more aggressive type of cancer with a much lower survival rate. We see that she is never alone; her friends travel from all over the country to visit and help take care of her. Joy finds love with a man who she meets two months after her treatment ends and then goes on to be accepted into the American Film Institute. This is a story of love and how even the most tragic news can be turned into something joyful.