by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 19, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ve written about how other years I’ve found the thirty days of gratitude challenges somewhat amusing, because I have long “gotten” the concept that gratitude improves your life. It’s a tool: to see the half-full glass more clearly and...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 26, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s what I probably think I should do when it comes to parenting teenagers (now that I have two of them, plus one eleven year-old): Talk less Listen more Shrug often Put another way, as much as there are parallels between toddlers and teenagers (“I do...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 28, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Snow on the ground—really? Really. Also, they are blowing snow at Berkshire East Overwhelmed a bit this morning by the notion of excess and family and social whirlwinds and work deadlines buried in the mix and the general much too muchness that can characterize...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 4, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Words Silences Gentle sunrises Intense sunsets Those days the air brushes cheeks just rightly The climb from Prospect Street up Round Hill Road The sky Feet Floor Legs Teenagers’ hugs Eleven year-old boy’s hugs Kindergartner’s leaps into arms with...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 10, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
The words that really apply this week are “flurry,” “fluster,” and “flummoxed.” As in, I’ve fallen behind—a flurry of emails and to-do’s and such. Meantime, this has me flustered. Add to that the notion that...
