I stood at the bottom and watched my 5 and 8 year old ride up the mountain.
The 8 year old (moments before) had assertively...
Q: I was wondering if you could write something about "stranger danger." How do I talk to my kids about keeping themselves safe out in...
Full disclosure: I am the Interim Director of the Bixby Memorial Free Library in Vergennes, so it should be obvious that I am a...
If you have young children that are school age, you are beginning to hear rumblings around this time of year about the 100th day...
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. As many as 28% of all kids from 6th through 12th grade report having been bullied.
This particular subject...
My husband, Mike and I got married when we were 21 and still in college. We loved to dream about the future and where...
I will be honest right up front. When trying to choose a 'must have' in my role as Mother, I became completely stumped.
Thinking, thinking,...
This blog post is number 5 on my to do list today. Friday is my day "off" and I usually do a little work,...
I've been so sorry. So very sorry.
So very responsible.
So very sorry.
To my children, mainly. For not giving them the perfect life I'd planned for...
Growing up, my family's dining room table was a place for dad to store his work documents or a month’s worth of mail. I...
I possess expert-type knowledge in several arenas: Star Wars trivia, college football stats of the past two decades, random census statistics, and creative arguments....
We cannot help but to compare our experiences with other moms. It seems that in so much of our everyday parenting, we tend to...
I've come a long way in my fifteen years as a mom.
From a fearful, hovering helicopter to a confident, laid back adviser. It's funny how...
It has been my pleasure to learn about flag football and meet young flag football dynamo, Scarlett, age 8, and her team, the Champlain...
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...
