Five characters go through the ups(flowers) and downs(funerals) of life. Cameron is an artist, who later disappears after many domestic violence incidents. Charlie losses his wife in a tragic accident which leads him to Cameron. After his secret love Cameron leaves the state with her abuser, he finds love in a lovely model/private detective, until she goes missing. Her disappearance is likely tied to a serial killer. Leigha goes from a ballerina to drug addiction after a traumatic event. She ends up working an adult box store until a chance encounter with a former dominatrix performer and current exotic club owner, leads her to work in glamorous and dangerous world of exotic dance. Emily grows up attached to her possessive, autistic, and genius brother, until he suffers the family trait of schizophrenia and dies in a hospital. But he isn't gone long because she starts to hear his voice inside her head, which leads her to a mental institution. It is a hard life but what she finds later is the purpose of life. Nansea is running to avoid the consequence and guilt from an illegal and immoral self preservation act. She ends up joining the marines and falls in love with a woman for the first time, untilshe losses her in battle. The feelings of helplessness to have control in her life and not having the ability to stop the bad events in her life, fester until they come out in rage which leads her to a felony arrest and subsequent stay at the military prison. She finds love with a woman who is selected in a top-secret military experiment with rumored lobotomies to release offenders sentenced to life. Some monsters are created while others are born. For the monsters that are created, will a different nurture change the person and the outcome of their life? Life is unavoidably hard and often times tragic, but there is always good as well. The wish is to be able to see the small token of beauty laid on top on the casket.
