by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 24, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
After each of the very public (and I don’t have to qualify this, tragic) suicides by very young people in recent years nearby (to refresh your memory of their names, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover and Phoebe Prince) that were linked in some way to bullying, my...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 27, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
The calendar says spring. New England has its own terms for spring: just a little snow left on the ground or just a little snow fell overnight. Look! Crocus! Look! Person in t-shirt (ignoring snow)! It’s not pitch black at seven in the evening, I’ll grant...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 29, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Any parent who has flown with child in tow has at least one hellish story to share. My personal worst had to do with a cancelled flight, a second pass at the trip the next morning, three flights, two terminals, one parent, two children (turning three plus infant) and...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 30, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
One last observation from my week in oh-so-sunny and warm Florida: a lot of people my age have tattoos. I still so don’t get tattoos.
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Mar 31, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
If memory serves (a phrase I bet I end up using more before I use it less in the coming years), potty training—save for the force-it-for-preschool-deadline with the first—was a far less emotionally fraught experience for my middle two guys. This is to say...
