I spent a good chunk of the Saturday before the Body After Babies photo shoot trying to figure out how to get out of it. When I couldn't find Spotlight Vermont - I thought it was a sign from God....
I see you there, six
with your skinned knees and short hair,
chasing after the boys down the street
with a skateboard under your arm.
I see you wanting to fit in
with your brother, even
wearing his clothes. Wanting to
be the same.
(But in secret,...
This body. This tired, strong, overworked body. Two boys breathed through this body, stretched skinny baby legs up into its rib cage, made its insides jump with little baby hiccups.
This body fearlessly delivered two boys earthside, nursed life into...
Last week I was reading a book to my 15-month old daughter. I don’t remember which book it was or whether she even sat still for more than a few moments. What I do remember is that the pages...
I’m a local doula and childbirth educator, and more importantly for this post, a MOTHER. As part of my Preparation for Birth series, I cover the immediate postpartum period to help prepare expectant women for what’s to come. Mostly...
There's no need to be afraid. There's no need to be bashful. That's what I tell myself.
What I'm wearing in the photo is no more revealing than a bathing suit at the beach, except my midriff is exposed. The stretch...
Dear Nora and Maggie,
I want to start this letter by reminding you all just how much I love you. I know I tell you all this a lot, but my words can never truly express just how much I...
The Body After Babies: Redefining Beauty series was an amazing event to be a part of. The day of the photo shoot, being surrounded by so many courageous women, it blew my mind.
I actually changed my mind about what...
Send yourself some love...because life is too damn short to worry about your cellulite!
My relationship with my thighs has always been rocky.
Even when my thighs were younger, I never liked them.
Hideous cellulite in a bathing suit, huge pieces of...
Camera shy? More like camera phobic! Thanks to digital photography I have been able to successfully avoid photos of myself through cropping or simply just deleting! In the past ten years, I maybe have a dozen photos, mostly obligatory...
At 18 years old and 95 pounds soaking wet, my belly is where the pudge settled. It wasn't even pudge, really. Just a slightly fluffy part of my petite frame. I was lucky, though, that my mother encouraged my feminist side...
With the beginning of each new year comes the resolution talk. The most common New Years Resolution, especially for women, seems to be losing weight. While there is nothing wrong with this, I was hoping that we, as a...
In + Around Vermont
Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams
My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.
While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
