by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 28, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Having given birth to three babies—and kind of obviously, thus having been pregnant three gestations’ worth in order to do so—I’m an adoptive mother who does not pine for the chance to experience pregnancy. My pregnancies included more than my...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 30, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
That kids today are under-slept (along with the adults)… um, yeah. I’m in the midst of a five-day solo parent gig (dear hub away) and so the (sometimes roving) bedtime debacle is all mine. When getting eight and three year-old to sleep by 9:45 seems not...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 31, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
This past weekend (okay, it’s a three-day weekend and we’re still in it, so Saturday to be specific), I went to see Remy in a Capoeira Kids’ Batizado. He practices with Omulu Guanbara Capoeira Western Massachusetts (led by the quite amazing Joe...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 4, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Writer Ayelet Waldman is coming to town. Her two most recent books are the novel, Red Hook Road and the collection of essays, Bad Mother. The essay collection’s title might not have come to be if she hadn’t published an essay professing her love for her...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Jun 6, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
Some moments are bittersweet. There’s no way to make them fully sweet (or entirely bitter, either). Short version: a couple of weeks ago a spot for Remy opened up at the school his seventh grade brother attends. Lucien’s had a great year—and the...
