Characters
- Kimberly, a teenage girl with an aging disease who struggles to find happiness in such a chaotic family with nobody who understands her
- Buddy, her father, an alcoholic (then not alcoholic midway through the show) who only wants best for Kim
- Jeff, a nerdy boy who is basically Kimberly's love interest, who is neglected by his father at home
- Pattie, Kimberly's mother who thinks she is dying and is preganant with her second child
- Debra, Pattie's sister who causes the family some problems and lives with them on and off
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