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...
When we have babies, our lives totally change and are never the same - our routines, our checkbooks, our hearts  - yet somehow we are surprised when our bodies permanently change too. My body doesn't look the same as it...
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...
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...
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...
I want to love my body.  Did you hear that?  I want to love my body. This does NOT mean that I want to improve myself and then love myself.  It does NOT mean that I want to crossfit it...
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...
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...

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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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Late into the evening on Monday, December 16, I lay in bed while my three kids were asleep, watching the Men’s National Collegiate Soccer...