by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Aug 30, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
A rainy morning is the kind my little gal gets to start her official last year of preschool. The school is called Sunnyside. I’ll let the rain remind me that even though at times—for parents and kids alike—growing up feels bittersweet, and it’s...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 3, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Two of my kids are headed to their second days at school. For the preschooler, half the class went in on Monday, half on Tuesday (she was Tuesday) so today, for her, is the first “full” day, as in the first day with every Thursday Sunnysider. For the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 4, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday, we had our annual Not Labor Day Not Block Party. The event lives up to its name every year, even though sometimes it does happen to fall on Labor Day—people from our neck of the ‘hood come, along with others. Our party planning methods very...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 7, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
I “met” Carrie Goldman the way so many of us did: I read her powerful blog post about her daughter Katie being bullied because she liked her Star Wars lunchbox. Along with the let girls be whoever they damn well please aspect of Carrie’s parenting,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Sep 10, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Two friends visiting: three adults to one baby, good odds Here is my completely obvious realization—that absolutely bears repetition: to become a parent, heck, to be a parent is tough. You think to yourself things like everyone else does it (better and easier...
