Over dinner, an observer reflects on mothers and their omnipresent prevalence in children’s lives.

As a daughter prepares a meal for her divorced mother on her wedding anniversary, the mother reckons with how much her family has changed.

As a pandemic sweeps across the nation, a grandmother and her family ration space and food as best they can, until the grandmother makes a discovery that could extend their food stores and repair her broken relationship with her granddaughter.

A little girl acts out on purpose for the first time when she hacks her family's knives after her father told her not to.

A father tells a story about his deceased wife and the wild traditions they used to have involving alcohol as well as the disapproval his mother-in-law had about their relationship.

A boy is invited to a hogs hunt and dinner party and encounters the quirky members of the host's family.

A person cooks spaghetti every day for a year to distract themselves from their loneliness.

A man reflects on the loneliness of his childhood home, where his family would fervently clean the house every Saturday for guests on Sunday who would never show.

After surprising her new boyfriend by inviting her entire family to their Thanksgiving dinner, a woman panics as her perfect plan devolves into chaos.

On a whim, a man decides to cancel his children's music lessons and take them out for a day, hoping for quiet fun and an opportunity to learn more about their lives.