Kirstin Dorn

A brother and sister hatch a plan to reunite their separated parents by ensuring they're both in Palm Springs for Christmas. [IMDB]

Abandoned by her ne'er-do-well husband, who took all their cash and left her homeless and virtually destitute with her two daughters and stepson. Martha leaves town in hopes of finding a job and a place to stay, she finally finds a job at a sleepy rural diner, formerly famous for its home-made root beer. But with her car broken down and the bills piling up, it looks like it's going to be a bleak Christmas for the Evans family.

Harley, a thoroughbred with royal bloodlines, is being groomed to replace his father's success at Willowbrook Farms. An accident at a competition spooks him causing him to run-away. After discovering Harley a rancher and his daughter unable to locate the owner rehabilitate the horse into a champion jumper. Until his owner moves him back to Willowbrook farms.

A working mother is forced to return to a life she left behind in Texas when her daughter's father files for joint custody. (imdb)