Aunt Nat is a carefully curated collection of objects inspired by family. Spending time at the kitchen table and sending notes from afar are some of my favorite ways my family (my actual one at home and chosen ones in the many places I’ve lived) has shown love throughout my life.

Here are just a few of the joys a deck of cards has provided in my life:

• My grandpa teaching me to shuffle and bridge at age 8 and telling me “you could be a dealer in Vegas!”

• Building card houses with my brother (no folding!)

• Playing Rummy with my grandma with bets placed from a baby sock full of coins

• Endless games of War with my other grandma

• Playing Speed during indoor recess in junior high

• Learning the regional phenomenon Euchre

• So many family dinner nights in Brooklyn stuck in the role of Asshole

• All the rainy days in New York playing Pounce with cousins, moms, daughters, and nieces