by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 12, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Many people have particular feelings about Mondays. Songs make Monday declarations. My friend, Liz, shared hers on Facebook this week—I’m feeling overwhelmed by the week and I’m only 25 minutes into it. I could relate. I was trying to wrap my mind...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 14, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Friday was a study in bitter cold and burning hot. The morning started off with temperatures—depending what news source you picked, thermometer, dashboard, or Internet—a little or well below zero. As temperatures plunged and the wind banged against the...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 17, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Valentine’s Day morning, and the teenager seems unshakeable, as in, I couldn’t wake him up for school. The little gal’s fever broke Saturday night. She continued to cling to me all day Sunday and she’s coughing and clearly not herself...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 20, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
I’m so not a numbers gal (ask the women I met with over a budget just last night). However, for whatever reason, the not-in-the-milestones-book marker of my reaching forty-seven-and-a-half actually made it onto my radar screen (for the record, it’s today)....
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 23, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
There was some stretch of months back in kindergarten when my now second grader donned a less-than-nice-to-hear tone to belittle his peers’ game—if this was even its true name—pretty, pretty princess. Let’s just say that my guy had no time for...
