On cleaning charts, mandatory house dates, and sometimes staying home from the party to be with the women you love.

Paige sits with headphones on, nodding her head and typing fervently on her computer. Her feet, propped up on the arm of the couch, match the beat. [...]

This tomato sauce is my debut back into the Maio family.

I’m standing over the cast iron pot watching bubbles grow and burst while my spoon traces spirals around the edges. [...]

We lost our favorite things all the time. My stuffed animal began to grow mold during a particularly damp winter when I was four. My brother’s yellow Walkman went flying into the water the first day we moored the boat in the marina. [...]