The other day, I happened upon a blog post with a title that was just beckoning me to click. It was "S*it Moms Say." I...
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A Happy Farewell

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BurlingtonVT Moms Blog started out as two women's dream to give a voice to Vermont Moms and has grown into a huge network that...
A kids' garden is a wonderful, magical place. That being said, it's one thing to visit a kids' garden and quite another to plant one...
The holiday season has arrived.  The first snowfall always brings excitement.  There really is something magical about snowfall in the holiday season.  I have...
I don’t know what I’m doing. There. I said it… Are you happy, world??? This dad’s life is basically a series of hot messes that...
Wikipedia defines free-range parenting as, “The concept of raising children in the spirit of encouraging them to function independently and with little parental supervision,...
There’s a huge pressure in my chest, my hands are getting sweaty, and my mind is spinning. It might sound like I’m about to...
As a single gal in Washington, D.C., I would leave work in the late evening and stroll through the streets window-shopping for hours, going...
In 1997, my sixth-grade PE teacher invited me to join the after-school weightlifting team, a decision that unexpectedly changed my life. That same year,...

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The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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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...