I seem to have reached a milestone in my journey as a mother - heck, maybe even in my journey of life.
It came upon...
I met Olive when I was twenty-one years old and in my fourth year of undergraduate school. Olive had just turned four, and her...
Below are some simple, yet surprising - and maybe not so surprising things- that have really changed since becoming a parent.
1. Birthdays
I like to...
Weary, that's how I've been feeling lately.
Autumn is creeping in, it still looks like summer but the light casts a distinct autumn glow, slanty...
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...
Admittedly I have a lot of patience…for some things.
I can sit on the couch for over an hour and painstakingly try to “sew”...
When I was around 14 years old, I started to have some anxiety before falling asleep.
I would lie in bed with so many thoughts...
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to...
My daughter loves to watch a good movie or TV show. I try to limit her screen time on most days, but I have...
My children are incredibly lucky to have a whole gaggle of grandparents.
My husband's parents live literally within a stone's throw of our house, my...
We are so happy to contribute to the BurlingtonVT Moms Blog. We have been avid followers of it as our daughter Heather and her...
We didn't settle on a first name for my son until I'd been in labor for several hours. I guess you could say that...
A few months ago Ang and I reworked our morning routine of getting us and our twin not-quite-two year olds up, dressed, fed, and...
Moms and dads everywhere are singing that familiar tune "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" to mark the end of summer. They're prancing...
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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...
