Sarah Auerswald / Moms, TV / 1 Comment
Tonight is the premiere of the first film in the Adoption Stories trilogy by POV on PBS. Wo Ai Ni (I Love You) Mommy is the story of one family’s process of adopting an 8-year-old girl from China. Complicated, heartbreaking and thought-provoking, this film gets inside this family’s struggle and joy at growing their family [...]
Sarah Auerswald / TV / 2 Comments
Now, please don’t imagine that I think the TV talks to me — or that I know Ken Burns well enough for him to have actually told me how to spend my summer vacation – although my friend Elise and I did meet him recently at the PBS Press Tour event in Beverly Hills…But the [...]
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More like where did my son’s childhood go? Summer’s almost over, and I am anticipating the return of our daily school-year routine (with its attendant stress), the hours I will have to write without interruption, and the challenge of watching as my kids stretch and grow. I am also anticipating all the changes coming our [...]
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My family and I have just returned from a vacation and we had a wonderful time. But we are still glad to be home. We spent time unplugged from our daily routine, from the news of the world and from TV and the internet, which was great to do, especially for our kids. But we [...]
Sarah Auerswald / Moms, Movies / 1 Comment
Eat, Pray Love is a visually stunning movie, and I’m not just talking about Javier Bardem, James Franco or Julia Roberts’s flawless skin. The locations are gorgeous to start with and the filmmakers managed to make them even more appealing by doing their jobs so well. At least, the visual part is stunning. I have [...]
Sarah Auerswald / Tweens / 0 Comment
My son’s friends came over and hung out today. They spent equal amounts of time watching Annoying Orange, laughing at Justin Bieber and discussing the future of automobiles — how they could be fueled by magnets, solar energy and trash. They laugh at fart jokes and clear their plates without being asked. Two are the [...]
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The summer started out with my eldest child graduating from finishing elementary school. That was significant enough, because I swear I can remember his first day of Kindergarten like it was yesterday. Then, I turned 48, which I grant you is not at the level of 50, milestone-wise, but I still felt it was a [...]