Guest Writer
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Know that You’re Living in the Good Old Days
This beautiful and poignant guest post required equally gorgeous photos. Thank you to our contributing writers for being the heart of this blog and for allowing me to share your family photos from "the...
Why We Need Social Distancing and Why Social Distancing Works
My name is Matt Salter, and I’ve been a Physician Assistant since 2007. I live in a small, tight-knit town in Vermont. I participate in several community forums and am compelled to educate and...
Quitting Playgroup and Finding Resilience and Friendships in Motherhood
“So, have you found your mom tribe yet?” my friend Pam asked me after chewing a bite of her spinach salad. I was nine weeks postpartum and had managed to make it to a...
Why I Moved My Kids from the City to Rural Vermont and What I...
My family of city slickers packed up our entire lives 7 months ago and moved to the country – final destination rural Vermont!
Before moving to the green countryside of Vermont, we lived in our...
What’s in a Name? First Names, Last Names and Naming Conventions Across Cultures
When I sign my name, I am Linda Li.
I don’t have a maiden name, and I didn’t change my name when I got married 15 years ago. My child carries my husband’s last...
You Don’t Have to Be Friends with Your Kids’ Friends’ Parents, but You do...
You don’t have to be friends with your kids’ friends’ parents. There, I said it. It’s okay not to be friends. It doesn’t make you mean or antisocial. You can breathe a sigh of...
Learning to Be Selfish after Becoming a Mom Gave Me a Great Sex Life
In recent years, since I became a mother twice over, and despite many changes to my body, I’ve embraced my sexuality more than ever before. What is my trick, my magic approach to having...
Sex After Kids: Birth Destroyed My Body and My Sex Life
If you Google the phrase, “Sex after kids,” a quick scroll down the page reveals a list of articles and blog posts entitled, “Is there sex after kids?” “Sexless marriage,” “How to maintain your...
The Road to Divorce: How My Wildly Unfulfilling Sex Life Ended My Marriage
My ex-husband and I had an abysmally unfulfilling sex life together. When I look back at the myriad reasons for our divorce, that one ugly fact about our marriage shoots to the top of...
Sex After Kids Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Having kids changes everything. It changes every aspect of your life and marriage, including sex.
After my second child was born, it took me a long time to feel ready to be intimate again....
Sex After Kids? No, Thanks! At Least Not Right Now…
You know the feeling: You’re 5 weeks, 6 days postpartum, and you’re heading into your OB in the morning for the all-clear appointment. Your husband can barely sleep; it’s like Christmas Eve for him....
Sex After Kids: How Having Kids Ruined Our Sex Life
A question was posed to me about sex after kids. HA, I thought. What sex life?
You see, my sexual side before having kids vs my sexual side of today are polar opposites. And...
LANACare Nursing Pads Saved My Breastfeeding Experience
Despite being over 4000 miles away from any supportive family or friends, I told myself, when having my first baby – I’ve got this made – I’m a nurse and a midwife. I know...
Where to Cool Off: Swimming Holes and Pools in Vermont
Summer is here and the living is easy! Especially when you live in a State as beautiful as ours!
There's nothing more Vermont than finding a swimming hole and jumping in for a dip. For...