 Pregnancy symptoms hit both Laura and her mother Caroline. Caroline, after bearing four daughters, really wants a son. But it is not to be. Caroline suffers a miscarriage, and the complications that follow leave her unable to conceive any more children. Caroline nearly goes insane with grief, leaving her husband and daughters desperately trying to convince her that they love her for the person she is, not for the person she wanted to be. Finally, Charles proposes that he and Caroline renew their wedding vows.