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These Simple Summers Will Live In My Heart Forever

Living
July 15, 2026
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By Allison Marie

These Simple Summers Will Live In My Heart Forever

There’s something I love about summers with the kids, more than any other time of the year. It’s not my…

To the Mom Worrying She’s Not Doing Enough This Summer

Motherhood
June 27, 2026
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By Katie Revai LeFevre

To the Mom Worrying She’s Not Doing Enough This Summer

It’s only the second week of summer, and, thanks to modern-day social media, I feel like I’ve already seen it…

Every Summer Has a Story—and I Want to Remember This One

Motherhood
August 9, 2025
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By Salem R. Metzger

Every Summer Has a Story—and I Want to Remember This One

I read something recently that really resonated: every summer has a story. Let me explain. I’m a mom to two…

We Took the Perfect Summers of Our Youth for Granted

Motherhood
May 17, 2025
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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…

Saying Goodbye to My Students Is the Hardest Part of Teaching

Living
April 7, 2025
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By Raiyah Hurt

Saying Goodbye to My Students Is the Hardest Part of Teaching

Here's the thing about teaching: it’s the most magical, wonderful, and rewarding job out there. Every year, you get to…

Motherhood
July 18, 2024
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By Megan LaPorta

This is the Summer of Us

Mom guilt hit me hard the moment the bus stop chatter started to rumble with talk of all things camp…

You Don’t Need Big Vacations to Make Fun Summer Memories with Your Kids

Living, Motherhood
June 26, 2024
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By Jessica Swanda

You Don’t Need Big Vacations to Make Fun Summer Memories with Your Kids

With the arrival of summer break, photos of exciting family vacations have begun to fill my social media feed. I…

May is Complete Mayhem: 8 Tips for Making it Through

Motherhood
May 2, 2024
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By Dena Wentz

May is Complete Mayhem: 8 Tips for Making it Through

Dear moms, Before I had kids, I didn’t know about the turbulence in the chaotic month of May, the most…

If We Only Get 18 Summers, I’ll Take Them Simple

Living, Motherhood
September 4, 2023
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By Amanda Nelson

If We Only Get 18 Summers, I’ll Take Them Simple

I kept reading it in the months leading up to summer: You only have 18. Eighteen summers to make memories.…

Kids, Living, Motherhood
August 15, 2023
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By Kathryn Cintron

I Gave My Kids Another Mediocre Summer

I’m an elder millennial—meaning I grew up with non-extravagant summers filled with Slip 'N Slides hooked up to water hoses,…

As a Special Needs Mom, I Crave the Structure of the School Year

Kids, Living, Motherhood
July 31, 2023
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By Autumn Knapp

As a Special Needs Mom, I Crave the Structure of the School Year

For most, summer break means freedom: slow mornings, Popsicles, Slip 'N Slides, and late bedtimes. But for parents like me…

Kids, Living, Motherhood
June 19, 2023
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By Casey Huff

Give Us a Sandlot Summer

The baseball diamond is my kids’ happy place. Each year, when spring turns to summer and the warm weather comes…

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These Simple Summers Will Live In My Heart Forever

To the Mom Worrying She’s Not Doing Enough This Summer

Every Summer Has a Story—and I Want to Remember This One

We Took the Perfect Summers of Our Youth for Granted

Saying Goodbye to My Students Is the Hardest Part of Teaching

This is the Summer of Us

You Don’t Need Big Vacations to Make Fun Summer Memories with Your Kids

May is Complete Mayhem: 8 Tips for Making it Through

If We Only Get 18 Summers, I’ll Take Them Simple

I Gave My Kids Another Mediocre Summer

As a Special Needs Mom, I Crave the Structure of the School Year

Give Us a Sandlot Summer

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