While my kids often wake up early on weekends to take advantage of their rare opportunity to watch television or play video games, allowing...
I'm just a mom, trying to get through this life one day at a time. This is my "day in the life."
Some days I...
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As we get ready to enter 2014, I wanted to take a chance to reflect on the past year.
Being a...
Does anyone else ever create resolutions for the new year, only to not follow up on them? I always have the best intentions on...
Like many families in this state, my family commits to a winter of skiing. We spend one day a weekend at the mountain all...
The following story is difficult for me to share. My daughter made some poor decisions on social media, and I hope that by sharing...
Like many first time mothers, I took a childbirth class when I was pregnant with my oldest. It was useful and terrifying at the...
Disclaimer: I did not coin this phrase, but I wish I did, because hearing it puts a smile on my face! Thinking about other...
There are so many wonderful, beautiful, life-changing reasons to have kids.
But there are quite a few "bonus" reasons for having kids around, too. Whether...
With all of the information regarding sexual harassment in the news these days, it's a wonder that we focus so much time on teaching...
My father came to visit us when I was pregnant with my third child. Fall of 1999.
We lived in a one bedroom basement apartment...
In 2012, I became a working mom and the state of my house quickly took a turn for the worse. I wrote about being...
Well, it's that time of year again when my Facebook feed gets flooded with parents cursing the evils of Daylight Saving. Whether we're jumping...
My daughter Wren grinned squinty eyes as we sang happy birthday this morning, then cheered us into an encore as if she knew something...
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...
