Carrot Got Your Ring?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Wednesday, January 04, 2012
This beats November’s story all hollow: a Swedish woman found her wedding band a full sixteen years after she took it off and set it on the counter during some Christmas baking.
And clearly she was meant to find it, because it came into her hands right out of the ground, where a carrot in her garden had grown through it.
Isn’t that incredible?
Read the story - and see a picture of the smiling couple and the crazy carrot - here.
Giving Christmas
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Friday, December 16, 2011
Did you see this? In stores across the country, mostly Kmarts, donors are paying off layaway accounts for complete strangers.
Read the whole story here, and if you don’t tear up while you do… well, you’re more stoic than I am.
What a lovely way to help someone at Christmas!
Ring Gone? Suit Up!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Friday, November 11, 2011
A woman’s husband accidentally throws away her treasured engagement ring. Woe! But then he volunteers to comb the landfill for it. Hero! And then he actually finds it. Wonder of wonders!
Did I mention she’s also pregnant?
It’s like a fairy tale, albeit a slightly off-beat one. Everything about this story made me smile, right down to the compassionate attitude of the garbage plant manager. Read the whole thing here.
Married Again and Again
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Thursday, October 20, 2011
They say a shared hobby can help strengthen a marriage. Here’s one: renewing your wedding vows.
David and Lauren Blair, a Tennessee couple, have renewed their vows 100 times in 27 years of marriage, an average of almost four times a year.
I smiled when I read the story, and I loved the wife’s comment at the end of the article, “David will tell you he does it for the honeymoons!”
You can read about it on the Guinness World Records website. (Their hundredth vow renewal set a new record.)
Obviously not for everyone, but I thought it was pretty cute.
Silly Kid-isms
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Last night our two-year-old had a small meltdown, which is not unusual. He yelled “I don’ wan’ dat! I don’ wan’ dat!” over and over.
I ignored him (these things pass quickly) and then was suddenly sad when I realized what he was saying.
Blaise caught on to things like pronouns surprisingly early (unlike Camilla, who went around for months asking, “Pick you up?”) but has had trouble with negative syntax.... READ MORE
Angels Everywhere
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Fans of prolific children’s author Tomie dePaola will be happy to learn that a new book is on the way!
My First Angels is the latest in Mr. dePaola’s My First series. The book looks at the importance of remembering that angels are all around us, everywhere we go.
Do you have a favorite Tomie dePaola book? Around here we love his Book of Bible Stories. And The Popcorn Book. And who could forget The Clown of God.... READ MORE
It's the Simple Things
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, September 14, 2011
My babies are mesmerized by it. My big kids love to drag it around. It’s fun and it’s pretty, and just when we parents might be starting to get tired of it, it’s time to throw it away.
This miracle toy? A simple helium balloon.
We discovered the appeal of a balloon when we got one as a treat for Camilla during Blaise’s babyhood. He was a few months old and he couldn’t take his eyes off it. For weeks,... READ MORE
Technology-Changing Fun
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, March 16, 2011
This morning I had an OB appointment and my husband and I had to bring the kids along.
While we were waiting in the exam room, we handed over our iPod touches to keep Camilla and Blaise amused. They’d already behaved nicely through a 15-minute ultrasound and we didn’t want to test them too hard. They - as usual when they have the iPods - played little games. Camilla “colored” various pictures and... READ MORE
Spare Us!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, February 25, 2011
We recently found carpenter ants in our house, so an exterminator came and baited for them. Since the bait does much of its work when the ants take it back to the nest, we were instructed not to touch or spray any ants that we saw around the house.
Recently Camilla, sitting on the floor, saw one and yelled for me to come and squish it.
“I can’t,” I said. “They told us not to kill them.”
A second later, my husband and I were treated to our daughter’s best scornful face (tilted head, raised eyebrows) as she told me, “Silly Mama! Ants can’t talk!”
But, as a friend of mine commented when I related the story: if the ants could talk, that is probably what they would say.
NOT a Vegetable
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Have you seen this story yet?
A three-year-old boy in New York is missing his cerebellum - a vital part of his brain - and yet continues to learn and develop, defying medical expectations.
According to the article, little Chase Britton’s case is “leaving doctors bewildered and experts rethinking what they thought they knew about the human brain.”
To me, the most inspiring part of the story are the words of his mother, who says of her son, “People could view this as a tragic story. But that depends on how you look at life. You can be angry or you can appreciate what you have been given. Chase was meant to be with us.”
Read the whole thing here.
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