At 52 Cara would like to do something for herself for a change, now that the children have, well ... had, left home. Before Cara knows what is happening, her daughter Wiebke with her three-year-old son flees back to the parental home. And then her son Tim rocks up with “great news”. He has become a father! Surely Granny Cara would love to look after her grandson as she has so much time. Unfortunately, Cara can also not count on her husband Thomas because he has other problems right now. Cara feels completely taken by surprise and put out. Then 75-year-old Helene, in whose haberdashery by the dike Cara occasionally helps out, has a fantastic idea...