My sister cousin has breast cancer.
She’s also my best friend. She’s not the kind of best friend where we coo about how much we...
Breastfeeding can be painful.
Too often, consultants and doctors try to say otherwise. They tell you it isn't supposed to hurt.
But I've known many women...
I recently heard a talk by a local pediatrician and something he said really stuck with me. "Rather than tell a child that something...
When Ang and I decided to have kids, we landed quickly at the decision to purchase anonymous donor sperm through a sperm bank.
The process,...
A couple of months ago we moved our two kids into the same room together. Jude is 4, Wren is 2, and a new...
To wax or not to wax.
It's never been a question. At the ripe old age of 14, I began a dutiful pilgrimage to the...
Last Saturday night I went out with a friend whom I’ve known since nursery school. Thirty-six years (thirty-seven in her case, but who’s counting?!)...
Winter broke like a fever and suddenly it's spring, birds chirp merrily in the trees, darting down to the spongy moss covered earth that's...
I’m not a big sports fan. I watch the Olympics, but not with any regularity. I tune into the World Series, maybe every other...
For many of us, when we spend our first days as Moms, we can't help but fall madly in love with this new gift...
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...
The first thing my son saw die was by my own hand. He was so little. I can't forget those little surprised and curious...
In the five months since my 16 month old twins began daycare, my thinking about its value and role in our lives has transformed...
Single mothers really do have the hardest job in the world.
They are breadwinners for their families, the principle support people for their kids' every...
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...
