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With the FIFA World Cup 2026 games making their way to Seattle this summer and Mother’s Day landing squarely in the middle of the month, I couldn’t think of anyone more uniquely qualified to tie these two seemingly disparate strands into a neat little bow than South Sound mom and soccer star Stephanie Cox. I was honored to have the opportunity to sit down with her and talk mom to mom about — what else — motherhood.

Turns out we’re both raising daughters who are keeping us busy. I don’t know about you, but I always find it reassuring to connect with other moms who are in the thick of it, who “get it.” If ever there is a time the strenuous, challenging and infinitely rewarding work of motherhood is noticed, celebrated and elevated, it’s on Mother’s Day. Here’s to the countless loads of laundry, late-night homework help sessions, driving duties, birthday party planning, appointment scheduling, clothes and shoes shopping …. endless ways you show up for your kids every day, moms. For that and more, you all deserve a gold medal.

— Allison Sutcliffe, managing editor

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