I learned to love Valentine's Day when I had children, ending my fitful relationship with the annual day for love.
Maybe Cupid’s arrow missed me...
It’s 7:50 p.m. My children are asleep, soundly. My husband pulls a wooden cigar box out of the credenza in our dining room, an...
Some clothing items are optional but for now, in the age of COVID, a mask is a must! So, now that I am used...
Sight. Touch. Sound. Taste. Smell.
Take a deep breath and imagine yourself at your happy place. Take in everything around you- the sights, the sounds,...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglas, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks are all glorious figures in Black American history. However, there are so...
A face mask or covering is the must-have accessory of the year, but what about “maskne?”
Maybe this next part is too much information...
Mario…. I’m really sorry.
The disembodied voice came over the phone at 2 pm in the middle of a busy ER where, just moments before,...
I emerge from the pounding surf triumphantly. The saltwater stings my eyes, my hair, coarse with sand and salt and sun, the blue and...
My name is Katie, and my pronouns are she, her, and hers. But there was a time when I wasn’t so sure about that....
Remember the old nursery rhyme that said, “What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice, and everything nice?”
Sugar and spice... these simple words pointed...
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a...
On Wednesday, as the country prepared to watch the historic inauguration of Joseph R. Biden and Kamala Harris, an older gentleman quietly took his...
According to the articles I’ve read, the Mother Wound is a loss or lack of mothering that has an impact that can be passed...
Both of my children have been to see our local oral surgeon.
I was nervous when they were referred to the oral surgeon. The title...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
