Pookie is a young, active, little girl who loves to visit her grandma's house during the Summer. Playing outside in the dirt, climbing trees, fishing, chasing lizards. She love it all. The only thing that puts a damper on her fun time in the country, are the various spiders living inside her grandma's house and even inside her car. What makes matters worse, her grandma does not believe in killing the spiders. They could be by the toilet or in the bathtub. Pookie is going to have to deal with them and let them be. Things changed when she finally goes back home with her mom in the city and her grandma has a bad car accident. She was pained to learned that she would never be the same because of the accident. While sleeping in the bed with her grandma after visiting her back at her house, she understands when her grandma was kicking and pulling her in the bed while she slept. This experience really put pain in her heart. When her grandma finally passes away, she learned another valuable lesson. The value of family.