Mary Beth McNulty

Mary Beth McNulty
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Mary Beth is a Southern transplant to Vermont by way of California, where she taught middle school. These days, you can find Mary Beth still working in education with a local college and as a playwright with the Burlington-based, Complications Company. She likes to write about things that make her laugh, like how her eldest sometimes channels a 50-year-old British man when she speaks; everyday tragedies, like being the only person in the house who seems to know how to change a toilet paper roll; and things that keep her up late at night, like climate change, school shootings, pandemics, and if she remembered to pay her car registration or not. She is a co-founder of Complications Company.
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The Night I Taught My Daughter About Rape

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Rape is in the news. It’s in your Facebook/Twitter feed. People are talking about rape. And last night, I had to teach my 9...

Legacy Making Parenting

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When my older daughter turned 9 this year, halfway to legal adulthood, I started thinking about what it was I wanted  to accomplish in...

Sleep and Lies

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I’ll start with a confession: when my daughter was a baby, I faked it. Every night, often multiple times, I faked it and my...

Multitasking My Life Away

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A week or so ago, I found myself multitasking away... Making a dish for a potluck, while helping my daughter happily put together a...

Easy & Fun Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month

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Did you notice that it was Women’s History Month? Have you celebrated yet with your daughters and sons? No? Well delay no longer! I’m...

Values Lesson

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"Mom, I have an engineering problem." Nell yelled to me while I was cooking supper one night and it was a statement that warmed my...

Not Pictured

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This was the picture I posted on Facebook a few weeks ago. In it, you can see my kiddos playing in the sun of the...

Talking to Myself

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The other morning, I woke up early. That really annoying early... 45 minutes before the alarm goes off. You’re really not ready to make a...

Conversational Brain Freeze

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One day, while trying unsuccessfully to pee alone, my daughter, two at the time, asked me what a tampon was. She was holding it...

5 Things I’m Not Feeling Guilty for This Holiday Season & One Thing I...

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1. My kids are another year older, and I still don’t have a picture of them on Santa’s lap. When the holiday cards and Facebook...

What You’ll Know

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To be honest, you won’t know right away. When you find your child lying on the ground beside her bike with no obvious injury, you...

Season of Surprises

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My kids love surprises like a bear loves blueberries. It doesn't really matter how big or small the surprise is, they'll sniff it out...