This pregnancy has been nothing like my first pregnancy. The first time around I was nauseous for most of the first trimester. Not the awful...
We are about one month into the school year. Are you in a dreaded lunch rut yet? For our family, we will likely be...
When my daughter was five months old, whatever dam that was holding back my postnatal depression broke and suddenly I was caught up in...
The riveting performance of Amanda Gorman at the Presidential Inauguration somehow breathed new life into a literary form that is oftentimes overshadowed by fiction,...
It has been my pleasure to learn about flag football and meet young flag football dynamo, Scarlett, age 8, and her team, the Champlain...
Do you remember that playground chant, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” While it might be a...

Older.

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Do you have a favorite age in children? One that you are particularly fond of? When I lived in Arizona and was starting my life...
My son was born on September 11, 2003: the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, on the Pentagon, and...
I’ve never been someone who demanded a lot of attention on my birthday. And when I turned 40, I really began to regret the...
It all started one morning about four months ago. My youngest Oakley who is three, woke up and there was something different about him....
Summer Break! Summer is here! We are excited to spend some time off with our families and enjoy a little vacation from the everyday hustle...

On Being Imperfect

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So many of my friends that I've long admired for their parenting-- smart, successful, confident women-- seem weighed down by the totally wrong-headed belief...
If you're anything like me, having a baby, or many, is a dream come true. You played "house" when you were little, you carried your...
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,...

In + Around Vermont

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...