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 will stop on the corner and my youngest still needs a reminder. You always check...
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 said. I’m only 35, I said. I breastfed 2 babies and pumped for another,...
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 school, and out at work. My bisexuality is an essential and immutable part of my...
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 part of the learning process and nothing to cry about.
2} Timing is everything. This includes...
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 thankful for?” asked the teacher, ready to inscribe Aniyah’s answer on the leaf. “Good water,”...
Disclaimer: I did not coin this phrase, but I wish I did, because hearing it puts a smile on my face! Thinking about other moms doing things that they love, while taking care of the people that they love,...
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 he isn't imprisoned, bolts to me and I can see that he was just waiting...
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 missed.
Five kids in two different schools, early morning buses to catch.
Homework. Math. Spelling. Somehow becomes...
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 by plans, while at the same time, fear the looming abyss of unscheduled time. One...
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 video games. Their screen time is currently negligible, to my eternal surprise. I'm more interested...
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. Sound familiar? Using as few steps and products as possible, you can still achieve a...
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 gone and the busy, bustling, over-scheduled days are upon us. Running to the bus, running...
Hey there you reading this blog, would you believe that two months ago I had locked myself in the bathroom, was listening to my son cry on the other side of the door and for the first time, didn't...
A lot of mom-ing for me has been learning on the job. Sure, I consult Dr. Google, our actual Dr., my family and friends, and of course the glorious BVT Moms Blog (shameless! plug!) but I rely on my...
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...
