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A woman goes into the woods and learns a horrific truth about her late grandmother.

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.

An elderly woman in a senior living community spends most of her time alone. As she waits for her daughters to visit, she quells her loneliness by having dinner with her neighbor.

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

After years of hearing her grandmother tell her stories of her faery bag, a teenage girl’s begins to search for it when it mysteriously vanishes after her grandmother’s death. She must find it to bring back her friend and love, who jumped in the bag.

One Mother's Day, two old women reflect on their relationships with their children--present and absent--and with the same adulterous man. When their paths cross at a crucial moment, one woman's refusal to accept the help of her husband's secret lover leads to her death.

A young girl's mother goes to the hospital for an operation without explaining to her family what she is sick with or when she will return home.

An elderly woman shelters her grand-niece from a violent boyfriend, causing her to confront her own deeply-held regrets about her daughter's death.

A young girl in the 1920s spends her evenings talking to her building operator while her mother is at work. When her favorite operator is fired, she is forced to quickly learn lessons about trust and relationships.

A little girl sits down by her dying grandmother’s bedside to receive an important warning about how she should live her life with the knowledge that death will come to her, too.