When Ginger Malenda turned six years old, her mother, Betty, found out that Ginger had an incurable back problem that would be terminal within five to six months. This illness was a result of a birth defect that Ginger had when she was born. Several scenarios in the story are based on the Flood of '94 in Macon, Georgia which flooded I-75. A cat had kittens in the attic of a house just before the flood occurred. The mother cat did not make it. One of the three kittens that were saved from the flood came into Ginger's life and gave her consolation. See how 'The Miracle Kitten' that survived the flood helped Ginger until just before the end of her terminal illness. Also, see how David, a young man who had a lovely home on the side of a very steep hill in Jamesville, Georgia, ties in with the above scenario.