I never know how to answer the question “where are you from?” The answer is a bit complicated.
I was born in Iran and...
Have you ever dropped a pressed makeup product and watched it crumble right before your eyes? My stomach drops, I usually curse, and then...
I remember my childhood as days of going into the woods with my pocket knife and maybe some nails and lumber poached from my...
April is HIE awareness month.
HIE stands for:
Hypoxic: lack of oxygen
Ischemic: restricting blood flow
Encephalopathy: affecting the brain
It affects about two to three in every 1,000 full-term births...
Not, like, dreams of being a beauty pageant queen or an astronaut. No, motherhood just ruined my sleepy-time dreams.
When I was in college, I...
The warmer weather is upon us and there are many child-friendly races on the schedule for this year.
Many children are natural runners and do...
My family’s morning routine is stressful.
Our morning routine includes so many necessary things that our family is always running late. It’s so stressful! I...
With aging parents and young children, I am part of the sandwich generation.
What is the sandwich generation? A member of the sandwich generation is...
The month of May has rolled around yet again; it’s Better Speech and Hearing Month. Part of my role as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)...
I remember thinking that if our lives are like novels, a series of chapters with characters coming and going. If my life were a...
My family is starting to plan for our third year of homeschooling in Vermont.
With the recent Covid-19 pandemic, it looks like many Vermont...
So, you want to have a playdate. The kids deserve it, why not? It’s been many long months of ‘stay home’, ‘stay away from...
School safety has been a major concern for me ever since my oldest child started kindergarten over a decade ago.
At the time, I...
There are many small and affordable changes I try to choose every single day to make my life more earth-friendly and sustainable.
As a...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
