Before I had kids, I was cool. Ha - Made ya look! No, I was never cool. I was a chubby arty geek girl with...

Middle School

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A few years ago, I was asked to help run a swim curriculum for the local middle school. One where my own daughter was...
Tucked in the Old North End of Burlington is an amazing playspace and resource for families and children. It's actually been there for 25 years...

It’s Worth It

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Despite the still warm days and brilliant colors, I feel the anxiety of winter stealing my ability to just fall into the graces of...
For a number of years, I parented from a very broken place. (I never realized the time was going by and that I couldn't get...

Better Than Best

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Sometimes I can't turn it off. The hum in my head keeps swift tempo with an ever changing list of do's and don'ts, subtly morphing...
The First Hour after Birth: A Baby’s 9 Instinctive Stages So much effort is devoted to preparing for labor and birth throughout pregnancy, but what...
To be honest, you won’t know right away. When you find your child lying on the ground beside her bike with no obvious injury, you...
Being a parent of a child with ADD/ADHD can feel isolating. As with any perceived difference, however slight, you feel like the only parent that’s...
I went to a physical recently.  I haven't seen my primary care doctor, whom I love, since I became pregnant and gave birth to...
I’m 33 weeks pregnant and recently was having signs of early labor, after an afternoon being monitored, they determined baby was staying put for...
I miss the years where my two year old would throw herself on the ground and throw the most epic fits to try to...

The Comments Section

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Living in Vermont, sometimes it feels like I live in a liberal bubble. Dictionary.com defines Liberalism as “a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom...
“I think I’m psychic,” I said to my logical, skeptical, mathematical husband, “or a medium, or something.” “Oh yeah?” he said nonchalantly. Though he’d never outright...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...