A series of vignettes about various sons along a family tree.

During a Boy Scout camping trip, a father and son find some bonding time. The father particularly finds solace in the intimacy he feels towards his son during the increased interaction.

At a Blues Festival, a fourteen-year-old boy talks to his father for the first time but does not reveal who he is.

A father contemplates whether he should kiss his son on the lips when saying good night.

In an attempt to impress his emotionally distant father, a boy ridicules his mother, who has loved him unconditionally even in his father's absence. Wracked with guilt, he yearns for her forgiveness - only to find that she does not hold it against him.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

In an epistolary-like work, a father must choose between a job he loves and his relationship with his son.

One day, a coach figures out how to get his high school football team into shape—and in touch with their fathers.

When a violent father receives a call from someone who claims to be his biological brother, he must re-evaluate what family means to him.

After he gets divorced, a father finds renewed purpose through his role as a single parent and the precious time he spends with his children.