We came home with him and I locked myself upstairs for three days. Have your cellphone handy, I told my husband, and keep the dog away. Four...

Lice Happens

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Growing up our family never had the misfortune of experiencing lice. I pitied the few that did from afar. There was a stigma attached...
As a 5-year-old child, I had a terrible experience lasting several hours, during which I remember thinking that I should just let the people...
My mom died two summers ago. In front of me, my sister, and my partner. On an extended family vacation. It was traumatizing, so...
When you are pregnant it feels like every part of your body aches at some point. With my first pregnancy I struggled with different aches...
When I began my journey into becoming a Health Coach, I was my own worst critic. Negative self-talk was easy for me. Once I...
When you have a premature baby, your life becomes punctuated with numbers. It took me 4 years to get pregnant. That’s 48 negative pregnancy tests...
With Mother’s Day right around the corner we thought it fitting that our next Mommy Makeover fall in line with the holiday. I mean...
My husband and I recently bought our first home. One of the things I have been most excited to discover about our home is...
You want me to eat what?? I'm sure my husband thought that exact question on several occasions over the last few years, but thankfully he...
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...
One morning, earlier this summer, I was helping my almost two-year-old daughter, Tenley, get dressed and she kept pointing at me and saying “Hippo...
Caleb is my oldest child.  He broke me in both physically and emotionally into the job of motherhood.  He was a healthy child, full...
If you're anything like me, you've probably had to deal with giving your kids a round or two of antibiotics for various childhood ailments. ...

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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...