Before I became a parent, I heard on more than one occasion how difficult it was to maintain friendships once you have children. You...
"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...
As a mom, I have plenty of body issues. Unfortunately, my husband often brings out my insecurities.
Don't get me wrong. My husband is wonderfully...
For Valentine’s Day this year, my husband “gave” me a pair of warm, winter boots that I’d purchased for myself. In return, I gave...
I often ask myself if I’ve been good enough or if we have enough to make it through the day.
Was dinner good enough or...
Dedicated to My Amazing Mother in Law.
I love my mother-in-law and she loves me. (My husband jokes that she loves me more than him...
DIY projects, or, for the uninitiated, do-it-yourself projects, are my current addiction, and I don’t see them going away anytime soon.
I don’t know if...
Dedicated to my friend, as she faces divorce.
Dear friend,
There is no realization quite like the sinking certainty that your marriage can not continue. The...
When I got divorced, learning how to talk about it with my son did not come easily.
When I first told my 10-year-old son about...
My husband Karl tells me that the first time his parents left him for a weekend away he stayed with his grandparents. He had...
One of the hardest times for me as a parent was the year that my son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
It...
This isn’t the story of a marriage broken by some Jerry Springer-worthy love triangle or a deadbeat dad. I didn’t “fall out of love”...
After six years of silence, Adele finds her voice, offering up the ultimate divorced moms’ anthem in “Easy On Me,” the first single from...
When I returned to work after maternity leave, my husband switched to working second shift so he could be at home with our 4...
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...
