The ABCs of Summer Break (& the Lessons They’ll Help You Remember)

June 30, 2016

G is for Griping, the official summer sport of children

H is for Hardship that your children claim when you force them to play outside

I is for Ice Cream, appropriate at every summer meal (waffles and ice cream, corndogs and ice cream, tacos and ice cream, ice cream and ice cream, in conclusion, ice cream)

J is for Jun-ly, the term for what happens when June slides into July and you hardly notice because time no longer has meaning

K is for Kites that you have given to the tree gods who wear them like statement jewelry

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Nicole Leigh Shaw began writing as a newspaper journalist in 1999, but has been moving through all the metamorphic stages of the modern writer, except "tortured novelist." Soon she'll emerge as a butterfly or a vlogger. Nicole writes for Cosmopolitan.com, ScaryMommy.com, and has contributed to five anthologies, including the NYT Best Seller "I Just Want to Pee Alone." In addition to her four kids, two dogs and one husband, she also maintains a blog, a Facebook page, and a Twitter account.