I have a very outgoing child. To say he is friendly is an understatement.
When given the opportunity, he will chat with anyone, most anywhere. He will be the child on the playground asking your child what her name is....
Now that I'm in my last month of pregnancy, I've come up with some pregnancy hacks to help make my life easier both now and after the baby comes.
This is my second pregnancy, but it's been almost 5 years...
One day, while trying unsuccessfully to pee alone, my daughter, two at the time, asked me what a tampon was.
She was holding it out to me having discovered it in its box hidden under the sink and was...
I stand in the kitchen washing breakfast dishes, listening to the sounds of a household getting organized. My husband packs helmets and goggles into ski bags. My 10-year-old wraps up his morning video game session. And upstairs my 8-year-old is playing the...
"Do you plan on having any more children, Maria?" my OBGYN asked me from behind her surgical mask. "I realize this may not be the best time to make this decision, but since I'm here and all..." she trailed...
"I can't believe she's already 1!" I scrawled in thank you notes after my daughter's recent first birthday.
Lies! I can absolutely believe my baby is one.
At some point I decided that, as a mom, I'm supposed to be scared,...
My whole life, my mom always worked.
It wasn’t until I was a little bit older that I started to realize some moms didn’t. That was foreign to me. I always knew I would work when I grew up. I...
I made it four weeks between appointments. Four whole weeks. Considering I found out about our pregnancy when I was just two weeks pregnant and enduring every 24 hour period since, this is a remarkable feat. We have had two ultrasounds...
There's this hidden gem of profound interaction.
At the most unexpected of places.
A Weight Watchers meeting.
In Williston.
On Sunday mornings.
A cold, hard, fact: I am a Weight Watchers Lifetime Member.
I lost over 72 pounds, after the birth of my third child.
She...
I joined Facebook in 2008. My daughter, my youngest child, was nine months old at the time. The first album I uploaded to my page was titled "Family" and contained five photos. My little girl, with her chubby cheeks, barely-there...
Sometimes, clarity is found in quiet…in absence.
Somedays are full of stillness and I find myself spending more time being mindful of all that is right before me. It seeps through the cracks of my days and keeps me thoughtful...
A few years before I even began to think about having a baby, I went with a friend of mine to help her do her registry. I thought it would be some fun girl time for us before she...
Its 7:45 and I’m heading out the door to bike the kids to school. I’m wearing a hat, a long down coat, mittens, and a scarf. My 9 year old is wearing a hoodie. There was a frost last...
It took me a long time to be able to find a way to convey the bright side of living in a multi-generational household.
It felt shame worthy. Why are my husband and I, who both have great jobs, relegated...
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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...
