by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 8, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
While I know some people are opposed to any messages emblazoned on tots’ T’s—and there are some I abhor—I admit that when a friend sent Saskia the classic (classic, in some circles) This is What a Feminist Looks Like shirt, I could not wait for...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 11, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Like many adoptive parents, not until I’d adopted a baby did I learn there’s such a thing as “Birthmother’s Day.” That day falls the day before Mother’s Day, the Saturday, and was designated a day to honor birthmothers. I learned...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 13, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday afternoon, I got a tummy ache, of the suddenly doubled over with cramps variety. I’d planned to work out (didn’t happen), roll on the floor (didn’t happen), have dinner with the kids (didn’t happen), put them to bed early (also...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 15, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
With full acknowledgement of many potential inherent contradictions contained here, I have always bridled at the notion that parenthood—and perhaps, because it’s more often treated this way, motherhood—is a job. Contradictions arise before the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 17, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I’m part of a somewhat quirky demographic these days. When four counts as pretty many children, and a twelve year-spread between eldest and youngest counts as a pretty big age span, I’ve started to see how—as is the case for every parent at every...
