This collection of poems and prose/poetry delves into the complications and feelings of family relationships, those we are born into, those we encounter through marriage, those we form with future generations. From watching a mother-in-law iron the wrinkles out to autumn leaves falling around a nursing home outing, from the piercing grief of losing a parent and any change to set a difficult relationship back on course, from watching the beginnings of a marriage to a grandson's first day at school: these reflections capture the nuances and multi-dimensional nature of family ties and stresses and joys.