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...
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...

Finding the Profound.

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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...
I joined Facebook in 2008. My daughter, my youngest child, was nine months old at the time. The first album I uploaded to my...
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...
A few years before I even began to think about having a baby, I went with a friend of mine to help her do...
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...
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...
I seem to have a lot of friends whose houses are always spotless and organized. They could have Better Homes & Gardens show up...
Never Would I Ever

Never Would I Ever

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I will never do that when I have kids. It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
It was the third rainy day in a row and this mom was running out of ideas, so I went to my old go-to:...
Occasionally, it's nice to get unsolicited advice.  People tell me that I give good advice, and I don't think they're entirely wrong. The thing is,...
Who am I? Sometimes I just want to be me again. (Or was I ever even her?) I have lost her along the way. I...
When my first daughter was just over 1 yr old, I witnessed what had to be one of the most terrifying moments in my...

In + Around Vermont

The UVM Men’s Soccer National Championship Matters to Vermont Families

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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...