Tantrums...every mom knows the word, although I'm sure we wish we didn't.
Before I was a mom I naively thought that my kids wouldn't throw...
I had been just a normal adult male, a grandpa, going about a normal life, until one recent day I learned that I had...
At 18 years old and 95 pounds soaking wet, my belly is where the pudge settled. It wasn't even pudge, really. Just a slightly fluffy...
To fight COVID-19, we have to change our strategy.
When my husband first started reading the news about the novel coronavirus to me over our...
Valentine’s Day. It’s a day for love and romance. A day for kisses and hugs, and wearing your heart on your sleeve. It’s a...
Yesterday, the kids and I colored monster pictures.
Maggie is into patterns these days and so alternated coloring her monsters turquoise and brown. Sophia, having...
You know those women with one best friend?
A friend like a sister, a forever partner in crime, and a soulmate. The sort of epic...
There's a lot to think about while standing in line at the grocery store. Did I remember to get eggs? Who is Kimye fighting...
Lately, toddler behavior has been a major topic of controversy and has even made the news.
Please allow me to take a moment to pray...
At my last doctor appointment, my OB asked what my birth plan was. You see, last time I had this lovely, detailed, birth plan...
I personally want the world to stop telling me to love my body.
Spoiler alert: I don’t currently love my body. I do love my...
Upstairs tonight, I have two broken-hearted little girls tossing and turning in their beds. They are each missing an important piece of girlhood: a...
No parent wants to believe that their child will attempt suicide.
No parent wants to consider how they will respond in the event of a...
I will never do that when I have kids.
It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
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...
