Upstairs tonight, I have two broken-hearted little girls tossing and turning in their beds. They are each missing an important piece of girlhood: a...
I don’t know WHAT he smells when he puts his blanket up to his nose for a deep sniff…but I know why he does...
2 weeks ago we celebrated our son’s 4 ½ birthday. We don’t usually celebrate ½ birthdays (though I have aspirations to make a ½...
Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? I’ll have to look at my calendar to answer that. On the tails of Mother’s Day,...
We had so much fun at our “Ask the Doctor” event in partnership with The University of Vermont Medical Center!
Scout and Company graciously opening up their...
Last year, I sat in my classroom before morning bell and my thoughts were racing...
I had just dropped off a very fussy kid at...
A Different Fairy Tale
Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess who lived in a majestic castle, in a faraway magical land. This ridiculously...
We’ve all been there. The moment your child does something that is the last straw and the flood gate of yelling opens. You are...
As every parent has said at one point or another, there should be a handbook on how to properly raise children. And maybe a licensing exam. But...
Vermonters love the winter, for sure, but there's nothing like a gorgeous warm summer after the long months of dark and cold. I love...
I was a young mom.
My first child was born a few days after my 22nd birthday. Four months after completing my time in the military and...
Jekyll and Hyde. My child has been both and in the same minute.
I swear to God, he can be laughing and acting as if...
I love listening to podcasts.
They combine companionable conversation with the convenience of on-demand digital programming. I depend on podcasts to get me through any and...
some days I look around me and see mountains
mountains of laundry
miles I'm dying to run
stuffed animals on the office floor
dog drool on the walls
mountains...
In + Around Vermont
Winter in Vermont
It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...
