There was the moment I saw it enter into my house and I held my breath.
Cloaked in a blue plastic bag, handed directly to...
It was a bad day....
It started waking up in my daughter's twin bed for the umpteenth time this week because she woke up multiple...
What were you doing when you were 15?
I was in 10th grade (like most of us were), I had soccer practice a couple of...
I used to be fearless.
I toted three young children to the grocery store by myself. One up front in the cart, one in the...
I know a lot of women have trouble asking for help…especially from other women or mom friends. I have a mother who has led...
As a baby, I had black hair, a fair complexion, and perpetually bright pink cheeks. I was the first child and my father loved...
When my girls were young I remember hearing a lot of advice and comments about what it would be like to raise them. These...
No one prepared me for this love.
It is a warmth behind my lungs, spreading from my heart. It is pure happiness.
When I first held...
The year was 1983 and I was in the first grade. I was so excited for show-and-tell that day, and I let a few...
I do love spending time with my children; after all I am a stay at home mother.
However sometimes there are types of “play” that...
For as long as I've been a contributing writer on this blog, I've wanted to talk about what it means to be a working...
I have had an earworm for a few days now. It's Kahlil Gibran's poem "On Children" or rather the Sweet Honey in the Rock song...
When my boys were about nine and 10 years old, I began to experience what I can only describe as a “pre empty nest...
As parents, we eventually have to ask ourselves, where should we send our kids to school? Everyone has an opinion and no one agrees....
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...
