One morning, earlier this summer, I was helping my almost two-year-old daughter, Tenley, get dressed and she kept pointing at me and saying “Hippo...
I recently read a viral article entitled “Self-Care is not Enough to Fix How Much Moms are Burnt Out” and I found myself close...
If there is one quality I want my children to have, it is a sense of motivation.
I want my kids to know the value...
There’s a huge pressure in my chest, my hands are getting sweaty, and my mind is spinning.
It might sound like I’m about to...
When I cruise moms blogs and parenting magazines, I see so many articles written about mom friends and parenting communities. People say that mom...
From where I sit
I see piles
of folded laundry
waiting to be put away.
Mail on the counter.
Library books
(some overdue)
towering on the table near the door.
Shoes...
So. Many....
I’ve moved around a LOT in my life; back and forth between coasts, in between, and abroad. Until recently, I never stayed in one...
Recently, I was reading a fellow mom blogger’s post about keeping adult friendships alive and it got me thinking about female friendship in light...
Many books have been controversial over the years and some have even been banned from libraries. Such classics as The Great Gatsby, The Adventures...
My student debt has me trapped, and I’m paying for a degree that I don’t even use.
I just had a birthday, and each year...
I just finished reading, “What Alice Forgot,” by Liane Moriarty, where the main character hits her head at the gym and wakes up to...
One night, I found myself scrolling Instagram and going to a college friend’s page. She and I had the kind of dynamic that once...
I remember making potato stamps on the kitchen floor; newspaper and paint everywhere.
I remember a blue Volvo station wagon, the trunk full of art...
Recently, I took my son to a kids’ play space. He was happily playing independently when another child, much older than him, came in...
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...
