by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 28, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
When you become a parent, there are certain things that everyone tells you will happen yet you might not have believed would be true in your case. Not surprisingly, many of these exact things turn out to be true. One, at least for me, is birthdays cease to matter (or...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Apr 30, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Sitting on the rusty red couch in our dining room the other morning, my seven year-old asked, “Who had the babies? I mean, how did L and J’s moms get the babies?” His twin friends have two younger brothers and two moms. Well, I answered after...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 2, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I spent some of a cloudy Sunday afternoon walk thinking about whether to write another piece about abortion access, and how I am really, truly PRO-abortion not pro-choice. Earlier this month I participated in the National Network of Abortion Funds’ Bowl-a-thon...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 4, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” –Muriel Rukeyser** I will come right out and admit that I’ve become completely, utterly, hopelessly hooked by a pair of companion MTV series: 16 &...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 6, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Let me begin with a little love letter to my town, Northampton, Massachusetts a couple of days after its 29th Pride March. This year’s was the largest ever, with estimates around 15,000. The other big civic event in our town each year is the Hot Chocolate Run to...
