by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 17, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Many of the little girl’s clothes are hand-me-downs (score!). At the moment, for all that’s in her clothes, she far prefers “tuwuly” dresses. That’s to say, she likes dresses that twirl. Other than a steady stream of underwear, these...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 20, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Last night, I sweat up a storm in yoga class. As I’ve mentioned, my experience with yoga appears to be deepening. I am in it, now, actively engaged, eager to learn. It’s fun. This sense of discovery is what we hope young people have as students. Because...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 24, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
A friend of Remy’s left his hat in the car en route to tennis earlier this week. Now, tennis takes place from 1:00-4:00 PM (I know, right on hot days like this week’s?) and so a baseball cap is a smart thing to wear (just like a bicycle helmet, it only...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 26, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
You have to love a moment like this one. I took two teens, one nine year-old and a four year-old to dinner. The conversation moved to jokes, obviously—and our resident smallest jokester turned out to have brilliant delivery. Saskia: “Why did the cow cross...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 30, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
The lice crisis began innocently enough. “We found nits,” my friend Ellen said over the phone. I drove Remy and Gabe and Remy home from tennis and sent them to Ellen’s porch so she could check them. “Nits,” Remy announced just a few...
