by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 25, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
In terms of teenybopper culture, my family’s “off the grid.” No Hannah Montana around here. No Jonas Brothers. No Justin Bieber. That is, until this week. Justin Bieber in a Rolling Stone interview tried to assert himself as something other than...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Feb 27, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
As mama to three boys and one girl, I’m kind of accustomed to having the boys outnumber the girls (for years, it was four-to-one in my immediate family). The two bigger guys and their papa are in DC for a couple of days and so it’s me plus the smaller two...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 2, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
One morning on our walk to school, Remy and I were discussing books. I said that my favorite book of all time grown-up or kids’ book had to be Charlotte’s Web. I mean it. I think it’s a pitch perfect story. He replied, “Yeah, that’s a...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 4, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Not to get all weather-y on you, but March has begun. In New England, March raises questions (more on that later). February had its moments. There were cold ones, snowy ones, icy ones and a few moments of crazyhopeful thaws. February had the little girl turn three...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 6, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Here’s my brief little a-ha of the week (and it’s woefully obvious, so be forewarned): the juggle I’m trying somehow to manage—that whole work-laundry-parenting-exercising-community serving-sleeping-married partnering—thing? It’s...
