I am Insecure

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I am insecure. Not all the time, and not in all situations, but insecurity is not a foreign concept to me. It's not something I like...
"Do you plan on having any more children, Maria?" my OBGYN asked me from behind her surgical mask. "I realize this may not be...
I've been a mom for over 10 years. If you're a mom, then you know what I really mean by that is that I've had...
Spoiler Alert- Sam and I are not getting a divorce. However, that doesn't mean we don't talk about divorce. Let me explain. Both of us come...
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...

Married to an MBA

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When my husband first applied for an MBA program, we had just moved to Seattle, were newly married and childless.  He was elated when...
When I returned to work after maternity leave, my husband switched to working second shift so he could be at home with our 4...
After six years of silence, Adele finds her voice, offering up the ultimate divorced moms’ anthem in “Easy On Me,” the first single from...
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...
One of the hardest times for me as a parent was the year that my son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. It...

Star Gazing

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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...
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...
 Planning a wedding is what little girls dream of. As a type-A personality, planning her own wedding, I took things very seriously. I had an...
A popular saying goes that when couples marry, women think they will change their husbands and men think their wives will never change. Yeah…...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...