Alma has become so accustomed to being resentful of her husband that even when she wants to show him love, she can't. But she has made some mistakes too in her life and alienated not only her husband, but her friends and neighbours as well. So when she finds herself husbandless and with all her grown children in faraway places, she suddenly becomes very lonely. Until, that is, a group of ladies wearing red hats, who she once thought of as belonging...