March and April are months of reawakening of our natural world.
I can almost see the springing back to life reflected in my children's eyes....
You know before you become a mother you have all these ideas of what type of mother you are going to be. I remember...
A few weeks ago my oldest son, the baby, and I were in a busy market where we shop every Sunday (give or take) for our...
I was really looking forward to a chance to dress up for the Sip & Savor Soiree event at Shelburne Museum.
I used this event as...
A week or so ago, I found myself multitasking away...
Making a dish for a potluck, while helping my daughter happily put together a...
Before I had children, I always said I wouldn't turn into the type of parent who doesn't have time for their non-parent friends. It never occurred to...
April is HIE awareness month.
HIE stands for:
Hypoxic: lack of oxygen
Ischemic: restricting blood flow
Encephalopathy: affecting the brain
It affects about two to three in every 1,000 full-term births...
You will survive this...barely.
You’re not prepared for this. You just aren’t. Do you feel itchy? I’ll check back in with you later, ok?
You have...
I think I’m having an identity crisis. Today, I test drove a minivan. And I liked it. Now I have minivan-ity.
I swore I...
It was a sunny Saturday morning in March. The weather was cool but the sun was flooding in through the windows. My husband had...
I first heard Kelly Clarkson's Idol performance of "Piece by Piece" on the way to drop my son off at daycare a few weeks...
When it comes to spirituality, I consider myself a “Jill of all Trades.” I was raised Methodist, am the daughter of a Catholic Deacon,...
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges! Yes. We. Do. Parental merit badges!
I remember being a girl scout. Yup, it's hard to imagine now...
Toddlers-little balls of energy that are still pint-sized and cute; yet can be so destructive.
I still refer to our youngest son as a baby,...
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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...
