For 60 years, the Tired Mothers have spent the first week of June on Long Beach Island, getting away from their responsibilities at home, away from their spouses, kids, pets and jobs, away from the errands and chores that never end. The family tradition began with Kathleen Chesser of Newburgh, N.Y., who had seven children.

In 1964 while visiting LBI with a handful of girlfriends and relatives, “they were at dinner, at Wida’s, maybe, staying at a friend’s house,” according to Kathleen’s daughter…