My daughter was born just 14 days after our school district has a standard cutoff date for Kindergarten.
She will turn 5 in a couple...
Let me start by saying MJ is deep in the “threeanger” phase.
He is independent when he wants to be, totally needy other times, throwing...
Dear Ann(e),
Hi. You know me. We wave every morning and afternoon during the school year. You know my kids and know that my oldest...
My body betrayed me last week when I found out that I have cancer.
Breast cancer. What?
But it doesn’t run in my family,...
I'm a 40 year old single mom, and I've been out as bisexual for almost 25 years.
Out to my friends and family, out at...
My daughter is only six months old, but she's already schooling me.
Here are ten things I've learned from her already:
1} Face plants are all...
Aniyah’s Well
One November day when Aniyah was in preschool and had just turned three years old, her teacher passed around leaves. “What are you...
Disclaimer: I did not coin this phrase, but I wish I did, because hearing it puts a smile on my face! Thinking about other...
I see him sitting under the playground structure. Let's go, buddy. He looks at me and doesn't move at first. Then, as if realizing...
I’m looking for a hole to crawl into and cry.
Allergies are really kicking my but this season.
Deadlines upon deadlines, both coming up and being...
Dear friends,
I have a confession to make. I hate planning.
Did you know this about me? I have an irrational fear of being pinned down...
It's time for me to come clean about screen time.
Not for my kids. They are beautiful weirdos who hate movies and prefer painting to...
Reasons I need a 5 minute makeup routine:
Back to school, early mornings, alarm clock didn't go off, spent too much time scrolling through Facebook....
Mornings are hard now. School is back in session and I am back to work full-time. The easy breezy days of summer are long...
In + Around Vermont
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...
