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What does summer what does summer look, smell, feel, taste, and sound like to you? That's what we're chatting about on the show today. From grilled hot dogs to legs sticking to hot vinyl car seats, we describe unique portraits of summer in our childhoods and in parenthood.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're talking about the sense sensations we wish we could forget about summer.

See full show notes on our website: Summer Five Senses Portrait

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To celebrate America's 247th birthday on July 4th, we're exploring what patriotism means to us and reflecting on how it's expressed today. We also share what makes us proud to be American, and where we see room for growth as a nation.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing how we feel about patriotic symbolism like flying the flag and singing the national anthem before sporting events.

See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About Patriotism

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Moms, pack your swimsuit and emotional baggage, we're going on vacation!

We explore the experience of being a mom on vacation and how to make the best of it, from planning, to family time, and doing what we love too.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we share what we think our kids will remember about us on vacation, the good and the bad!

See full show notes on our website: How To Vacation Mom

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In today's episode, Erica shares her experience growing up in the Evangelical Christian church. She reflects on both the meaningful aspects that she still values today, and what she finds problematic. Erica opens up about how her faith has evolved and what she now seeks in a church community.

Thanks so much for listening with an open heart.

See full show notes on our website: Erica's Evangelical Upbringing

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As ladies in our 40s, we've got perimenopause on our minds – let's chat about it! We share where we are personally in this journey, what our interaction with providers has been like , and how we'd like to see the conversation around perimenopause change.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we have a companion bonus book club episode for you! We are discussing The New Menopause by Dr. Mary Claire Haver. In the episode we dive even deeper into the changes that menopause brings and how we can navigate it as comfortably and gracefully as possible.

See full show notes on our website: Fun With Perimenopause!

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Let's design our summers! We're chatting about how we plan a summer with kids and get into topics like snacks, chores, screen time, and–oh yeah!–summer fun!

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're both sharing how we design great summers for ourselves as well (not just our kids!).

See full show notes on our website: Designing Our Summers

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**Whoops, we scheduled this episode to come out a day early so it's our little Tuesday gift to you!**

In honor of both of our wedding anniversaries this month, we're bringing back a favorite relationship topic: best spouse/worst spouse!

In the spirit of loving honesty, and with full acknowledgement that we actually think our husbands are the best, we share the traits that make our husbands, and ourselves, the best and worst spouses.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we'd love to hear and chat about how you are the best and worst spouse/partner/or friend.

See full show notes on our website: Best Spouse/Worst Spouse Again

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We invite you to join us with an open heart as we discuss abortion. While we're not experts, we hope to model how we can have nuanced and meaningful conversations even on divisive topics.

Thank you so much for listening and being in conversation with us.

See full show notes on our website: Let's Talk About Abortion

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