As my 16th wedding anniversary approaches, I am reflecting on where I've been in my relationship with my husband and where I hope our...
There’s no use crying over spilled milk.
Those seven words have been a life’s goal of mine. I have tried my hardest to not let...
“The BVTMB is getting real this week about a sometimes taboo, but important topic…S-E-X! Our team is sharing the good, the bad, and the...
Recently, I have had some serious conversations with friends of mine whose marriages are ending. These women have so much guilt about what their...
My husband Karl tells me that the first time his parents left him for a weekend away he stayed with his grandparents. He had...
I’ll start with a confession: when my daughter was a baby, I faked it.
Every night, often multiple times, I faked it and my...
My husband is a little obsessed with stars. Stars of Betelgeuse and North fame, not Bullock and Clooney. I don’t think he knows very...
I’m not a big sports fan. I watch the Olympics, but not with any regularity. I tune into the World Series, maybe every other...
Sex with my husband saved my marriage.
Making love connected us not just physically, but also mentally and spiritually. Our lovemaking was a beautiful reminder...
My husband works for the federal government. When mention of a government shutdown due to the inability of Congress to agree on a budget...
My little brother passed away about four years ago. Every time I think about our complicated relationship, I think about our strange family tree,...
My family is on the precipice of another major life change: I’m finally making the leap to establish my own business while my husband...
What’s on the to-do list in your mind? Not the one you’ve written down already and have been checking things off of this week....
It’s 7:50 p.m. My children are asleep, soundly. My husband pulls a wooden cigar box out of the credenza in our dining room, an...
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...
