When I was a new mom, the thing I wanted more than anything else was a working set of opposable thumbs. I wanted to...
My second pregnancy was high risk but it took me more than a year to confront and internalize that rather basic fact. I acquired...
I told the story here. It was the one about children first conceived in a heart and then in a Petri dish. There was...
You are not breathing. You can’t breathe. That is what it feels like 100% of the time when you have a premature baby living...
Nobody talks about the postpartum body.
There is plenty of information about what to expect during pregnancy. Then all the information jumps ahead to what...
I've written before about my struggles with breastfeeding my first daughter, Nora (you can read more about that here). When I found out I...
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Some people dream of having children but aren’t quite...
Giving birth is a truly beautiful and wonderful experience. But let me be honest...one of the things that I didn't really like was the...
I had a rough week, last week. I don’t typically talk about my feelings (like, I did once and it was a BIG deal...
Here we are! It's officially the holiday season! And do you know what that means? I'm taking some time off of stepping on the...
I have five children. The oldest four are girls. And we just adopted a little fur-baby (puppy), yesterday, he’s a boy too.
Is a large...
My pregnancy with my first-born was organized, bullet journaled, and crafted to the extreme. You might say that it was “Pinterest-perfect.” This time around,...
While I stood in line at the grocery store, a lady behind me who looked to be in her sixties kept gazing at my...
It isn't the way I wanted to leave-with my bag still containing that sweet "coming home" outfit and a pair of too small socks.
I...
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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...
