By Amy Martin We Took the Perfect Summers of Our Youth for Granted
When I was in college, my parents rented a house for a week each year in a little place called…
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By Melissa Voelker These Days of Childhood Are “The Good Old Days” of Their Lives
When we look back on our childhoods, most of us say, "It was a simpler time back then," or we…
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Girl Scout Cookies Remind Me of Little Girls with Big Dreams
I went out on a chilly Saturday morning for some stamps at one of those satellite post office locations inside…
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By Amy Keyes What Memories Will They Take from This Room?
The other day I braved my basement. It's not a place I go often. The fleeting years of LEGOs and…
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By Carolyn Moore Dear Netflix, Please Be Gentle with This ‘Little House on the Prairie’ Reboot
Dear Netflix, Honestly, when I learned you'd announced a reboot of Little House on the Prairie, I gasped . .…
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Get in the Car, Kids—McDonald’s is Bringing Back Collector’s Cups
If you're anywhere around the age of 40 today, you remember the unparalleled joy a McDonald's Happy Meal brought to…
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By Tiffany Reiger It’s Time for My 20-Year High School Reunion and Some Honesty
My 20-year high school reunion is coming up, but I don’t know if I will go. High school wasn’t the…
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I’m Thankful for Generational Friendship
I am writing this at the hospital bedside of my dad, who just had quadruple bypass surgery, feeling endless gratitude…
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By Karen Johnson Amazon’s Holiday Ad Will Hit You Right in the Nostalgic Feels
There’s a reason we call it holiday “magic.” Something happens around this time of year— maybe it’s the nostalgia of…
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They Finally Made Fetch Happen! Mean Girls is Coming Back in 2024.
Get in, loser. We’re going to the movies! The Plastics are back! That’s right, friends! Regina George and her trusty…
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By Leslie Means Another Piece of My Childhood Died with Bob Barker
“Mom, why are you crying?” my daughter asked me. “Because Bob Barker died,” I said through tears. I didn’t know…
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By Her View From Home James Van Der Beek Shares Heartfelt Video about Losing His Mom That’s Resonating with Fellow Grievers
Actor James Van Der Beek took to Instagram this week on the third anniversary of his mother's death to share…
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