Tag: friends
Quitting Playgroup and Finding Resilience and Friendships in Motherhood
“So, have you found your mom tribe yet?” my friend Pam asked me after chewing a bite of her spinach salad. I was nine...
Tips for Making New Friends in the Age of Technology
You may already know this (I mention it quite often), but my family and I relocated to Vermont last year. We’ve been here a...
Tips for Learning to Ski as a Mom, and Where to...
We all know that Vermont is a beautiful state with 5 seasons: winter, mud, spring, summer, and fall. In order to get outside, Vermonters...
Girls’ Night Out: What To Do When You Have A Night...
I’m just getting back from a girls’ night out with some friends, and I was reminded tonight like I am after most nights spent...
Four Kinds of Toxic Friends to Avoid in Your Adult Life
I’ve written about making friends before and how I was happily complacent with not having a lot of friends. I didn’t say how I...
Mommy Confession: Making New Friends is Difficult
Flash back to first grade: I have lots of friends. Pretty much everyone in my class is my friend, with the exception of that...
6 Reasons Why Going Out Just Isn’t Worth It
Let me preface this post by saying I have never been overly excited about hitting the bars.
In college, when you're expected to live for...
Navigating Social Norms and Putting Myself Out There
Recently I decided to write a satirical post about how sexy pregnancy is (spoiler alert: it ain’t).
I wrote it out and thought that it...
Why I am So Grateful for my Daughter’s Extracurricular Activities
My eight year old daughter tried some new extracurricular activities this year and I am eternally grateful for the opportunity this presented me...
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My Best Friend
You know those women with one best friend?
A friend like a sister, a forever partner in crime, and a soulmate. The sort of epic...
My Virtual Friends
There’s something tragic and comical about being an extroverted stay-at-home single mom. I spend most of my time with my 5 year-old daughter, and...
Ten Reasons to Dismiss Someone From Your Life
The idea that I could dismiss someone was new to me, a foreign concept.
I sat in my therapist’s office, drying my eyes, as she...