Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser

Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Brain, Child Magazine, and Salon, amongst others. Follow her on twitter–@standshadows.

Contributions

Date
Title
Section
Jan 27, 2015
Through the Lens of Boyhood
Oct 06, 2014
Heritable Traits
Aug 25, 2014
Summer Roses, Summer Breaths
Jul 16, 2014
Digging Summer
Jun 10, 2014
Threshold to Summer
May 26, 2014
Cleaning Thoughts On All The Stuff—Where Past Meets Present Meets Future
May 14, 2014
Irony—and a List
Apr 28, 2014
It Wasn’t Easy to Say No to Volunteering
Apr 14, 2014
Five Reasons Sending Your Child to Overnight Camp Will Be Good For You
Mar 31, 2014
The Unintended Lesson of the Bird Shoes
Mar 17, 2014
To Gather and to De-clutter: A Mini-Meditation on Stuff—and Time
Mar 03, 2014
Friend Time
Feb 17, 2014
An Unexpected Birthday Surprise
Feb 03, 2014
The List I Should Have Made For January
Jan 20, 2014
How to Pay Attention (But Not Too Much)
Jan 06, 2014
Snowbound and Housebound and New Year’s
Dec 23, 2013
Holiday Traditions and the Escape Clause
Dec 09, 2013
Family Motto: More Love is More Love
Nov 25, 2013
Family Travels, and Our Apologies to New Jersey
Nov 11, 2013
When My Teen Needs a Ride
Oct 28, 2013
Baby Questions and Later Questions
Oct 14, 2013
What They’ll Talk About When They Talk about Love and Family
Sep 30, 2013
Bedtime Talks With My Adopted Daughter
Sep 16, 2013
Does Grey Hair Matter?
Sep 09, 2013
The First Day of Kindergarten—and the Photograph
Aug 19, 2013
She’s Lucky
Aug 08, 2013
Remembering And Forgetting About Adoption: From An Adoptive Mother’s Perspective
Jul 22, 2013
The Pediatrician Switch, the Family Medical History Form—and How the Grandmothers Saved the Day
Jul 08, 2013
My Five-Year-Old Daughter Still Has A Bottle
Jun 24, 2013
Clicking the Biracial Box on My Daughter’s Preschool Forms
Jun 10, 2013
Adopted Children’s Cultural Identity
May 22, 2013
Etiquette and the Toilet Seat
Apr 10, 2013
Wedding Guests
Feb 25, 2013
The Doll