Leemis is VP of Marketing for Paradise 4 Paws and previously worked for Cars.com, PepsiCo/Quaker, Kellogg and BP. In 2016, she was named to Brand Innovators' 40 Under 40 Midwest list.

When a close friend’s engagement was broken off, Blair Chavis embarked on a road trip with her and other close friends to the Wisconsin Dells, and learned a whole lot about being an adult while acting like a kid.

J.H. Palmer recounts an unusual summer trip with her husband to a farm in Canada to visit her “boyfriend.”

Jennie Ellman explains how she grew up to be an old Jewish woman thanks to her family’s summer trips to the Catskills, and how a gift from Willie Nelson left a lasting impression.

When Jeremy Owens decided he and his husband would become dog owners, he had no idea how difficult and bizarre a process it would turn out to be.

Not entirely sure why no one wants to love a cat lady, Sarah Follmer dives back into her past dating experiences, many of which were moments of summer love, to find some advice for her current self.

Steven Chaitman breaks out his middle school journal to recall his worst summer ever at the age of 13, and how a roller coaster, of all things, helped him cope.