A few days before my youngest son’s second birthday, in 1998, we moved to Southern Africa.
We’d been feeling cold and were facing some hard times in Vermont and felt the need for a big change.
Selling everything we had, and...
I dedicate this post to moms who are surviving morning challenges while getting their toddler ready.
Welcome to mom life - you’re certainly in it and are well on your way to earning your mom badge. And sorry, you’ll...
I always knew it was bound to happen, that another woman would come along and win over my sweetheart with her beauty and charm, but I never expected it to happen so soon, after only four short years into...
Texting while driving is a serious issue. But I’m not here to talk about texting. I’m here to talk about something more dangerous than texting. Parenting. More specifically, “Parenting While Driving.”
No really. I’m not poking fun at the texting...
This is a really cool time to be a mom and an avid reader. Millennials, my generation, born between 1980-1995, are starting to have kids of their own. And we are not accepting the tired tropes of Mommy Culture....
A couple of months ago we moved our two kids into the same room together. Jude is 4, Wren is 2, and a new baby is on the way next month. Not only did they each acquire a roommate,...
Just recently, my town experienced the loss of one of our beloved community members. He was a bus driver at our school, but for many children, he wasn't just a bus driver.
For many years, he drove children to and from...
Disclaimer: This is absolutely, like 100%, not - at all - in any way, shape, or form, medical advice. In fact, it couldn’t be any further from medical advice. It is the opposite of medical advice. It is anti-medical...
“Isn’t it wonderful that you can bring her to work with you?” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard this over the last three years.
Three months after opening our business, I found out that I was pregnant...
When my girls were young I remember hearing a lot of advice and comments about what it would be like to raise them. These comments came from friends, family, strangers. One of the things that most disturbed me though...
In 2012, I became a working mom and the state of my house quickly took a turn for the worse. I wrote about being a Messy Mom. I tried to connect with you and free myself from those devlish...
I just finished reading, “What Alice Forgot,” by Liane Moriarty, where the main character hits her head at the gym and wakes up to find that ten years of her memory have disappeared. Her last recollection is being pregnant...
The mommy wars.
For so long, I deeply engaged in them.
They made me think I was a better mother and sent me into deep depression at the same time because I could never measure up to the impossible...
It's been a little more than one year since I wrote my "How to work from home with a new baby in 10 easy steps" post. So now I'm baaaaack! With a toddler. And some new top-notch definitely very...
In + Around Vermont
Moving to the Vermont Gayborhood of Our Dreams
My wife and I, with our then 2-year-old, moved to Vermont in 2021 from rural Missouri.
While we had great friends and community in Missouri,...
