My marriage is crumbling and it's like watching a car accident happen in slow motion. I don't know how, when, or what happened. About...
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...
I love running.
I may not be fast, but I enjoy running for long distances and pushing myself physically and especially mentally. As a mom,...
Friends is my ultimate favorite TV show. I grew to love it during my adolescence, and now, as an adult, I watch the entire series...
My husband Karl tells me that the first time his parents left him for a weekend away he stayed with his grandparents. He had...
My birthday was last month. My husband asked my Mom to take the boys for us and he took me across the border for...
9 years ago, I was a single mom of a toddler, and I had just escaped an abusive relationship. I knew I wanted a...
When I first started dating my husband I didn't even really know what the term blood sugar meant. I certainly didn't know what was...
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...
What’s really funny about my inspiration to write this post is my lack of ability to accomplish the task. Let me explain: You see,...
The Meaning of Valentine's Day
I don’t need a Valentine, a paper with a heart.
I don’t need some Hallmark words with baby Cupid art.
I don’t...
"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...
My little brother passed away about four years ago. Every time I think about our complicated relationship, I think about our strange family tree,...
Before having children, I could have slept through a tornado. After our two beautiful daughters arrived, the sound of his slippers hitting the floor...
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...
