A 2012 Try
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Are you a perfectionist?
I am, of the frustrated sort, and it makes the start of a new year difficult. On the one hand, I’m tempted to make exhaustive lists of ways to improve myself this year. On the other hand, I dread the guilt I’d inevitably feel as the resolutions fell, one by one.
In recent years I’ve sidestepped this problem by avoiding particular resolutions in favor of more general ones.... READ MORE
Babies Up!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Our twin babies were six months old in November, and we celebrated. Half a year. We’ve made it half a year. Phew.
(We figure with two babies, we’ve done a full baby-year, so six months is like a first birthday in those terms.)
What’s even more exciting than our babies being six months is what they’ve newly started doing.
See that picture? It’s Linus on the left, Ambrose on the right, both of them... READ MORE
Can I?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, September 01, 2011
A friend of mine mentioned that her five-month-old has recently ramped up his night wakings. He’s her third child, and she’s baffled. Shouldn’t she have the hang of this by now?
I dunno, I told her. I have four kids, and I certainly don’t feel like I have the hang of things.
Later, I realized that’s both true and untrue.
Four kids in, I’ve concluded it’s impossible to “get the hang” of babies in general.... READ MORE
Big Kids Come
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, January 10, 2011
When my daughter was a newborn I could not imagine having more than one child.
I’d wanted a big family, but as soon as I discovered how much work it was to care for an infant, I realized I was going to be lucky if I survived the first time! The idea of doing it again (and again and again) was out of the question.
But the first few months of a new baby’s life are no time to be making decisions about... READ MORE
It Bites
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, February 18, 2010
Several times a day I hear Camilla shriek suddenly: “Mama! Blaise BIT me!”
I come running to see her looking outraged and her brother looking toothily unconcerned. Even if he hasn’t left bite marks, I know she’s telling the truth, because I myself am often the victim of those eight sharp little chompers. The baby sinks his incisors into the nearest available surface whenever it pleases him. And boy,... READ MORE
Growing in Faith
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, August 11, 2008
I absolutely love the insight that Therese shared about “having faith” versus “living by faith” in the comments of the post about this week’s Gospel. Here it is in part:
Those who have faith trust in God, believing that all eventually will work for the good; those who live by faith, on the other hand, depend upon God for their moment-to-moment existence, knowing that however close to the edge they... READ MORE
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