Say there is this person, newly arrived to the world, very short and ready to soak up information like a glass of grape juice...
There are so many books out there for younger children that help to teach about emotions. Happy, angry, sad, and mad... we can begin...
I’m always trying to find new ways to be organized. I suspect it’s important to have certain aspects of life on autopilot, like bills...
I can remember being a child and thinking that choosing adoption was the most altruistic thing that anyone could do. That is, anyone but...
It was a long and difficult winter inside with a four-year-old, the shockingly bright sun offered a break in the spring rains. After a...
A friend told me about a poem she recalls from her birth class. The gist of this poem is that your child takes his...
When I dreamed about motherhood I thought about all those big "firsts" in my child's life that I would cherish. I knew there would...
A few days before my youngest son’s second birthday, in 1998, we moved to Southern Africa.
We’d been feeling cold and were facing some hard...
This post is dedicated to the bearded well dressed man I saw walking up Main Street with two handfuls of litter. I'm thinking UVM...
Before I became a mom, I distinctly remember judging other moms for unwashed hair, unshaved legs, and dirty clothes. I actually thought those moms...
As much as I like summer, I think I’m ready for my kids to start school.
I managed to complete over 90% of my...
Oftentimes you will hear the expression, “Everything changes once you have kids.” I too used to hear this expression before having kids and thought...
As I tick off the days on my calendar, hurtling ever closer to a time of year I truly relish, I long for change.
As...
Sometimes I can't turn it off.
The hum in my head keeps swift tempo with an ever changing list of do's and don'ts, subtly morphing...
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...
