When I found out that my second child was going to be a girl, I immediately worried that she would grow up to face...
{Disclaimer:: We have partnered together with Healthy Living Market and Cafe to bring you some of these dinner recipe ideas!} To quote every mom at...
My life as a single mom isn't all heartache and sorrow. It also isn't just cupcakes and daisies either. I make hard choices constantly, and...
Everywhere we turn there is another back to school piece of mail, open house, shopping lists, and fall festivals knocking on our door. But...
One of the best days of my life was the day I realized I had a choice in how I lived my life. Up...
The benefits of a Doula

Doula Support? YES

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Doula support? YES More and more individuals and families are choosing to use the support of a Doula during their childbearing year, and specifically during...
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Food for thought

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With school fast-approaching, many of us may be thinking of ways to provide delicious and healthy lunch and snack foods to our kids that...
August is here. The time to sort through clothes to figure out what fits and what doesn’t (not to mention what’s fashionable or “so...

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...
Since I gave up soda and sugary drinks long ago, I mostly drink water or polar seltzer now. However, some hot summer days you...
When I was a new mom, the thing I wanted more than anything else was a working set of opposable thumbs. I wanted to...
Towards the end of 2013, I was feeling pretty pleased with myself! I had spent a good portion of the summer getting into the best...
onions, lettuce, zucchini, cauliflower

The ABCs of CSA

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When I first moved to Vermont nine years ago, I decided that I wanted to start eating better. I slowly started cooking meals that required...
WhenI first found out I was pregnant again, I was thrilled. We’d just been through a loss of a pregnancy in January and I...

In + Around Vermont

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...