Yes, this is a heart warming story- but not in the traditional sense.
Recap-.
The man that she first loved is stolen away by the sister. The sister returns because he left her (of course she is pregnant), the sister dies and now she is raising the love child of her ex-fiance and the former sister. The next love she encounters is a man who is married. Once again, doing the right thing she breaks off the would be affair. In the end, the man who was always there for her "Dear Old Sam" wasted his life waiting for a love he would neve receive in return. The only satisfaction found is in the lives she changed as a teacher--- Was it enough?