Spine health is vital to our overall health.
Our spines support and protect our brain, spinal cord, and nervous system. It is, after all, what keeps us upright - literally.
The thing is, we often ignore or put off simple strategies...
I've come to realize that not everyone was raised surrounded by the laughter that can accompany a good fart. Maybe the topic was off-limits, unspoken, or taboo. If that's the way you like it, by all means, you do...
I’m writing this while in the throes of major overstimulation. This overstimulated mama could use a time-out. But that’s not happening any time soon.
My son, who is almost 2.5, is talking a mile a minute these days. He wants...
I wish that I knew that I was an introvert before I had children. Because parenting as an introvert is quickly teaching me that I need alone time in order to recharge my batteries.
I didn’t understand there is zero...
I wasn't ready for the news that my son is cutting himself. On purpose.
I was shocked when his middle school counselor called me one Friday. One of his friends told her that my son was cutting himself. He confirmed...
Remember life before kids, when you could read a great book without any interruptions? As a mom of two, every book I read has to be put down roughly eight hundred times per page so I can play never-ending...
Gender roles are odd enough but add kids and suddenly there are a million new roles and expectations, and everyone does it all a different way. Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, dual working parents, or even non-working parents, every...
Freezing temperatures, snow storms, and the lack of sunlight make surviving and thriving in the coldest winter in Vermont harsh and borderline unbearable to an indoor girl like me.
If you didn’t already pick up on this, I’m not a...
Hallo, Rabbit,” he said, “is that you?” "Let’s pretend it isn’t,” said Rabbit, “and see what happens.
-A. A. Milne
2023 is the Year of the Yin Water Black Rabbit
If 2022’s Tiger year brought us intensity and some exhaustion, then we...
Let me start by laying this out there for you - when I say “family show,” I’m definitely not talking about TGIF or Nick at Night shows. Do these even exist anymore? Either way, when you get to my...
My daughter lined up her stuffies on the table at IHOP: a small plush leopard, a black panther, and a tiger. She then drew a line with a green crayon on a maze on the children’s paper menu. At...
Are you anxious about your sick child, and run ragged from going from store to store to store to store only to find empty shelves where you hoped to find children's acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil)? What...
Everyone has heard of concussions.
Concussions have gotten a lot of attention lately in professional sports, especially the NFL. They can be quite dangerous if players and coaches ignore the symptoms. However, concussions don't just happen to athletes. My 12-year-old...
From my experience doing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) outreach and teaching kids tinkering, I have found that tinkering is a great way to teach kids how to deal with failure and frustration. Tinkering in a failure-positive environment...
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,...
