by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 30, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
A week of three kids on break, a dear friend’s wedding in New York, ended with… bowling. Yes, it did. We bowled as part of the National Network of Abortion Funds’ bowlathon for abortion access. Without access, abortion is only technically legal, as...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 7, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I wanted to write something but then I got too sleepy. Here’s the most compelling read about that I’ve read recently, a piece that argues ADHD diagnoses may in fact be about not sleeping adequately. Y-A-W-N. Rather than write a bunch, I’ll add that...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 14, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
When your daughter naps at preschool, is it possible she’ll stay awake until 11:34 PM? You bet it is. Put another way, you know it (and PS it SUCKS). I knew it’d be bad. I grocery shopped while she stayed home with the brothers and then we went out to...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 20, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
The thing I like about our mismatched ceramic bowl collection is not only the aesthetics of those different colors and styles and even textures, but also the fact that when anyone requests yogurt or granola or sorbet or cereal or pudding or soup or fruit or what have...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 28, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
15 Things I adore about my 15 year-old:1. What he loves, he really, really loves a lot.2. He reads the newspaper.3. He is funny and mostly sweet with his younger sister.4. He is absolutely sweet to small children.5. He understands math the way I don’t think math...
