by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 15, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
The more you give, the more they take. I think that’s one of those rules of humanness that I fail to absorb. The boyfriend who cheats and you give another chance to? He might just cheat on you again (no boyfriend is cheating on me, now, worry not). The child you...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 17, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
If every single child in our family makes it to school on every single appointed day this week—that’s five for three of them and three for Saskia—this will mark the first full week of school for all of them since the week before the Columbus Day...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 19, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
One thing I’m in need of is more sleep. The little gal woke at 4:45 this morning. She needed a cuddle. That wasn’t enough. She needed a bottle. By the time I got her back to sleep, I was wide-awake, sleep-deprived style, which is to say groggily...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 21, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
The thing about preschoolers is they lack certain self-consciousness. This week, en route to Gym and Swim, Saskia rode in the stroller wearing jacket, bathing suit, pants, sparkly red shoes—and her goggles, although she knew she’d take them off since gym...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 24, 2011 | Standing In The Shadows
I’m delighted to have written about the way the word mother falls short—and also perhaps doesn’t—for Carrie Goldman’s Portrait of an Adoption blog, where she’s featuring 30 guest posts this month in honor of National Adoption Month....
