It’s that time of year again. Winter.
I hate winter. I especially hate winter since I have had children. They make everything more complicated. I...
I seem to have a lot of friends whose houses are always spotless and organized. They could have Better Homes & Gardens show up...
I seem to have reached a milestone in my journey as a mother - heck, maybe even in my journey of life.
It came upon...
I can clearly remember Thanksgiving at my grandmother's house when I was growing up.
The table was nearly too long for the dining area, and...
My daughter Wren grinned squinty eyes as we sang happy birthday this morning, then cheered us into an encore as if she knew something...
One day, while trying unsuccessfully to pee alone, my daughter, two at the time, asked me what a tampon was.
She was holding it...
At my last doctor appointment, my OB asked what my birth plan was. You see, last time I had this lovely, detailed, birth plan...
When my first daughter was just over 1 yr old, I witnessed what had to be one of the most terrifying moments in my...
OK, Henry, it's just you and me and that plate of chicken.
Are you going to come quietly and eat at least two bites of...
When we have babies, our lives totally change and are never the same - our routines, our checkbooks, our hearts - yet somehow we...
Before I had kids, I was cool.
Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...
(Co-authored with my very own strong girls, my 10 year-old daughter, Nell, and my 7 year-old, Libby)
In honor of Women’s History Month, (this is...
I recently wrote a post about negative body comments and things you can’t say in front of my daughter.
In crafting that post, I asked...
Brazilian jiu-jitsu was my husband’s idea.
We brought our son to a local Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio, and he loved it! The instructor was amazing with...
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...
