My husband and I have always been pretty open with our daughters about their bodies and how they work. We talk a lot about...
In our latest episode of Whose Kid Is That?!? Val and Julie are joined by Alyssa Blask Campbell M.Ed., emotional development expert, and co-author...
In the last 48 hours I’ve spent 29 of them at work. Now this is definitely not my normal workload and came about because of...
Oh 2015. I have high hopes that this will be the year that we become a diaper-free household. My two-year-old (who turns three in April)...
The month of May has rolled around yet again; it’s Better Speech and Hearing Month. Part of my role as a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)...
I don't know about you, but the holidays were crazy at my house. There was a constant flow of family members in and out....
Here’s to a new year, a new decade, and a new beginning. Each year seems to go by faster and faster. There don’t seem...
Winter has arrived and so has cabin fever. My son, like most preschool age children, requires constant entertainment. Snow, sleet and freezing rain trap...
Are you traumatized by current events? Feel like you and everyone else are wrapped up in it, and yet you cannot find footing? Did you just trip on your rotting jack-o-lantern on the way down your front steps to get the latest 25lbs of gift catalogs in the mail? Don’t get overwhelmed. I’ll help you get through these 2 months of Christmas preparations with advice from someone who has never celebrated Christmas.
When it comes to spirituality, I consider myself a “Jill of all Trades.” I was raised Methodist, am the daughter of a Catholic Deacon,...
It's no secret that I have had trouble making friends as an adult. Last year, I wrote a post about how hard it was...
While Kathleen and Jemima know it will be impossible to duplicate the dynamic work and community building done by Josilyn and Tasha, they are...

Waiting for Life to Happen

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We slipped casually into autumn. One day suggestions of fall were muttered under the warm breath of summer, crisp and chilly morning air and...
2020 was quite a year, amirite? While many of us are eager to get this year of violence, unrest, and a new extra-dangerous version of...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...