“So, have you found your mom tribe yet?” my friend Pam asked me after chewing a bite of her spinach salad. I was nine...
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...
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 am officially the mother of a young woman. She’s twelve, and we’ve been navigating the minefield of tweendom for a few years now....
Parenting confession #456,789: I am really bad about setting up playdates at my house for my kids.
I’ve been bad about this for the last...
Confession time: I'm a mom and I'm obsessed with true crime podcasts.
I am completely and utterly addicted to true crime podcasts. I know, true...
The other week I read an incredible blog post from a parent who was outing herself as a “not fun mom.” It was honest,...
I’m done having children. Our family is complete, and it is time for my husband and me to accept that we are done with...
Ahh… spring. The sights, sounds, smells and anxiety attacks of spring.
Yep, anxiety attacks. I experience extreme anxiety due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)...
In what felt like the blink of an eye, I was back to work after having my second baby - a daughter we have...
For me, it is important to be authentically myself. Do you know what I mean?
Really think about it for a moment. Are you authentic?...
On a day when I had done more grumbling, groaning, and gnashing of teeth at my children’s behavior than actually talking to them, the...
When I was a little girl, I believed two things: 1) I would grow up to become a writer and 2) I would have...
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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...
