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Happy back to school season! With three middle-schoolers between us, we're diving into those beautifully awkward, formative years. We'll share stories from our own middle school days and talk honestly about parenting tweens today: the wins, the struggles, and all the messy moments in between.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing our most embarrassing middle school memories.

See full show notes on our website: Back to (Middle) School

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Today we're parenting in public, or at least talking about it. We discuss why it makes us a little sweaty, the worse public parenting situations we've been in, and our best advice.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing the parenting things we only do at home and never in public. Join us there for our answers plus all of our bonus content including full-length bonus episodes!

See full show notes on our website: Parenting in Public

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Get your checklist ready, let's get stuff done! We share our strategies for being productive, calendaring, and to-do lists. Plus, how we motivate ourselves when we really don't want to do anything.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing what stuff we're not getting done.

See full show notes on our website: How We Get Stuff Done

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We're catching up on how our summers went—as friends do! We share highs and lows and discuss how our summer plans actually played out.

For Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're sharing what didn't go so well this summer.

See full show notes on our website: How Was Your Summer?

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We're sharing what money management looks like in our houses and in our marriages. We talk about the roles we and our husbands take when it comes to finances, the disagreements we've navigated with our spouses, and what we've learned along the way. Plus, how we're teaching our kids about money.

With Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're each sharing a financial conversation that we had in our marriages that made a big impact.

See full show notes on our website: Family Money Management

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What's on your bucket list? Join us as we share ours including what we want to accomplish, where we want to travel, and what's on our family bucket lists.

Just for Friends of the Show on Patreon, we're both sharing some more personal bucket list items.

See full show notes on our website: Bucket Lists

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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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