by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 26, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
My parents’ wedding anniversary is a date—it was this week—that always pops into my consciousness with alarming clarity. My parents are divorced, haven’t been together since I was eight. So, isn’t it interesting that this date has such a...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 28, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Under irony would be this true fact: I’ve spent weeks (months) sorting through stuff—think, small plastic objects, think, toys and more toys, think, paper clips, papers, the undone, the unsent, the what do I do with—only to make it easier for two big...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 31, 2010 | Standing In The Shadows
Winter break comes hard earned. Everyone’s tired. As the kids get older, they’re not only tired; they’re rundown. So are we. So far this winter break—we’re talking under a week here since all began vacation—we’ve had one...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 3, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
So here we are on the final day of 2010 and I’ve been quietly mulling how to write something “year-end-y” (and failing). Like all years, endings and beginnings are more fluid than the neat markers provided by dates (first day of school, Rosh...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jan 5, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Even if you haven’t been reading this blog for long, you would probably not be surprised to know that I’m a lover of New Year’s Resolutions. Why? I never feel I do fill-in-the-blank enough, as in don’t work hard enough, don’t relax...
