This summer, my four-year-old son, Manny became obsessed with the number 11. He counts out blocks, toy cars, and candy pieces to 11. He...
I try to be as open as possible with my daughters about both the physical and emotional symptoms of menstruation.
Growing up, I knew nothing...
Fire. Earth. Metal. Water. Wood.
The Five Elements in Chinese Medicine represent a theoretical foundation for how nature acts, and in turn, how our bodies, mind,...
Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new beginning. Each year seems to go by faster and faster. There don’t seem...
Does anyone else ever create resolutions for the new year, only to not follow up on them? I always have the best intentions on...
A few months ago, I stepped on the scale at my yearly check-up. I noticed that the number on the scale was about 25...
I remember thinking that if our lives are like novels, a series of chapters with characters coming and going. If my life were a...
You might not read this in any parenting book, but if I were to write one (God help anyone who would pay money for...
After my son saw the local Boy Scouts selling Christmas trees in the town square last year, that was it, he insisted on joining...
I've always been interested in natural deodorant, but I never tried it because I was afraid it wouldn't work very well.
This summer, I was...
The Chinese art of Feng Shui is based on ancient principles of energy flow. We can understand how acupuncture works by unblocking channels, or...
A letter to youth football parents from your coaches…
Thank you for supporting your local youth football programs. For those parents that brought excited, respectful,...
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...
The work from home mom life presents some serious challenges.
If you don’t believe me, you’re going to want to read about my summer...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
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...
