This summer I had an unusual amount of time to read.
I've actually never had trouble finding time to read-it's the thing that refreshes and inspires, fully entertaining, and what I go to at any unoccupied moment. This summer my...
"I can't believe she's already 1!" I scrawled in thank you notes after my daughter's recent first birthday.
Lies! I can absolutely believe my baby is one.
At some point I decided that, as a mom, I'm supposed to be scared,...
As I look around my home, I can’t help but notice all the things that bring me joy: Scrumptiously soft, brightly colored clothing, fabulously lightweight eco-friendly jewelry, pure, therapeutic grade essential oils, and coordinating sets of travel bags and...
I remember when I was a kid, whenever we would go somewhere and someone asked my father how he was doing, he had the same response. In his heavily accented English, he would reply, “Not too bad for an old...
When I was pregnant, I knew I wanted to breastfeed. I started dutifully in the hospital, and have nursed through multiple rounds of mastitis and many clogged ducts. As any nursing mama knows, breastfeeding has its ups and downs....
Before I had kids; I had no idea what this parenting thing was all about. I sure thought I did, though. When I think back on my expectations and judgments of parents before I was a parent myself, I...
I am a mother, and I am also a rape survivor.
This traumatic experience has become a critical part of my personal narrative. There was me from before and then me that has existed every day after. The 13th...
Most moms wait patiently - or not so patiently- for that golden hour of the night when the house is quiet.
Sure, we should probably be sleeping, but having a moment for ourselves is such a luxury. I have on...
Yesterday I dropped a PlayStation controller on my child’s face. Actually, it fell off of a shelf four feet above the ground, directly into the eye of my newborn. The baby everyone describes as the Gerber baby now looks...
What is that feeling in my chest? Is it love for my two wonderful children? Maybe. But more likely, it’s extreme anxiety because of the pressure of modern motherhood. Do you feel it too?
Am I doing too much or...
Date Night. This magical phrase is a close tie for first with the other magical phrase “sleeping thru the night.” Hopefully you have experienced date night at least once. And if you haven’t had a date night ever, call...
BurlingtonVT Moms Blog is partnering with Phoenix Physical Therapy to bring you our latest series titled “50 Shades of Sleep”, about…you guessed it….sleep. Like an elusive treasure, we find ourselves obsessing about sleep not only for ourselves but for...
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can...
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 to admit or am happy about, but I cannot deny its existence or its wounds.
Can...
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,...
