I’m sure you’ve heard the saying "Be kind to others; you never know what someone else is going through." I’ve always believed in this...
I’ve been thinking a lot about drugs lately.
At work, my colleagues and I have been looking at the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to...
Say there is this person, newly arrived to the world, very short and ready to soak up information like a glass of grape juice...
I am a mother, and I am also a rape survivor.
This traumatic experience has become a critical part of my personal narrative. There...
Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?” "Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.
-A. A. Milne
2023 is the Year of the...
I am insecure. Not all the time, and not in all situations, but insecurity is not a foreign concept to me. It's not something I like...
It’s true. The pre-kid version of me had this laundry list of things that my kid would never do. My first foray into parenting...
From where I sit
I see piles
of folded laundry
waiting to be put away.
Mail on the counter.
Library books
(some overdue)
towering on the table near the door.
Shoes...
So. Many....
The first of many parenting truths that I can tell you is that I am no parenting expert.
Exhausted after not sleeping for the...
It’s National Teacher Appreciation Week. Have you hugged your kid’s teacher? Have you at least thanked them for their time, energy, attention, care, and,...
My daughter was born just 14 days after our school district has a standard cutoff date for Kindergarten.
She will turn 5 in a couple...
When the kids are fast asleep and all is silent I retreat to the warmth and familiarity of my down comforter and cozy up...
I can remember being a child and thinking that choosing adoption was the most altruistic thing that anyone could do. That is, anyone but...
Lofty, existential questions run rampant through the cultural conversation about child bearing and rearing. Deep thoughts like when is it more responsible not to have kids? Or, how...
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...
