Last year, with only a few weeks left of the school year, growing tired from relentless inquiries to "watch a show," or the constant...
Go ahead, bring up your experience with your dog when we're talking about my daughter. I know you know that a dog and a...
It's that time of year. School is winding down and temps are heating up.
Suns out, guns out and parents from all walks of life...
You drive me bonkers sometimes, little ones. Oh, I love you with every ounce of my being, that's a given, but there are moments...
I Walk the Line
by Johnny Cash
“I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
...
We’ve all heard the statements from our parents and grandparents,
“Well in my day…”
I’ll admit that I’ve rolled my eyes a time or two(hundred) listening...
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...
I don’t know WHAT he smells when he puts his blanket up to his nose for a deep sniff…but I know why he does...
2 weeks ago we celebrated our son’s 4 ½ birthday. We don’t usually celebrate ½ birthdays (though I have aspirations to make a ½...
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? I’ll have to look at my calendar to answer that. On the tails of Mother’s Day,...
Last year, I sat in my classroom before morning bell and my thoughts were racing...
I had just dropped off a very fussy kid at...
I was a young mom.
My first child was born a few days after my 22nd birthday. Four months after completing my time in the military and...
Jekyll and Hyde. My child has been both and in the same minute.
I swear to God, he can be laughing and acting as if...
some days I look around me and see mountains
mountains of laundry
miles I'm dying to run
stuffed animals on the office floor
dog drool on the walls
mountains...
In + Around Vermont
The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families
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...
