by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 3, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
This is turning out to be a scattered sort of week, with two kids at home with nothing exactly to do (although this morning and tomorrow morning, Lucien is occupied—today spending an hour with a wonderful physical therapist to work on balance and...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 5, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I had one moment, when I was initially passing down the most cherished (some through all four kids) infant clothing (the first last clothes) of experiencing a little pang. It sounded and felt like this: tiny pleading little bit sad voice inside my head asking no more...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 7, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
The Open Adoption Roundtable is a series of occasional writing prompts about open adoption. It’s designed to showcase of the diversity of thought and experience in the open adoption community. You don’t need to be part of the Open Adoption Bloggers list to...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 10, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
I loved this blog post at bebeloo (found thanks to Design Mom, Gabrielle Blair) about what she’d like to do with her 94 days of summer. I counted (my math skills are very poor, by-the-by) and I think I’ve got about 63 days left so here’s my list of...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jul 13, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Nashville, Tennessee: heat shimmered upwards from the pebbly driveway at my grandparents’ house. It practically hissed alongside the sound of insects’ wings. Heat had a visual; this is what I learned, a shininess. We were kids. A little hot weather...
