The Summers We Keep

"Please, for me-have the kind of summer that makes the rest of the year jealous."

Every summer, the Arden house on Martha's Vineyard came back to life.

Vera, Theo, and Juniper would spill through the doors like they never left, and their grandmother, Nell, made sure it always felt like magic: meals that remind you of childhood, stargazing from the backyard, the kind of traditions that stitched a family together.

But Nell's gone now. And the house feels a little quieter without her.

Still, the grandkids return for the first summer without their Grandma Nell, because she asked them to, because some promises are meant to be kept. And maybe, just maybe, there's someone on the island who's trying to make this summer feel like the ones the Ardens used to have. Full of long walks, inside jokes, late-night swims, and people who knew you before the world got complicated.