9 Relaxation Apps to Download Before Your Next Trip

August 2, 2016

Last year, we stayed at a friends’ cabin in Tennessee, where my kids spotted a spider the size of their hands crawling around their sleeping loft and refused to lie down up there. I ended up squeezed on a twin mattress with two kids on the porch, listening to my aptly named app, Calm, to relax and get at least a few hours of sleep.…

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