Moving On
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, September 14, 2012
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Yesterday we took a family trip to the local children’s museum, where we have a membership and our little ones enjoy playing in the preschooler room.
As usual, I started talking with a couple other mothers. These ones each had a young toddler in tow, and their eyes widened as I identified my brood. Yep, that one… and his identical brother… and those two big ones over there are mine too.
It’s not... READ MORE
Floating Celebration
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Saturday, August 04, 2012
You know those once-in-a-lifetime experiences, when you get to do something you’ve always dreamed of doing and you know you’ll remember it for a long time?
Getting married was like that for me, and the births of my children, and bringing my twins home from the NICU. That’s first-tier stuff. But the experience I had on Wednesday falls firmly in the second tier of things that will stick as incredible... READ MORE
Just Enough
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Wednesday, June 06, 2012
This little food-for-thought post over at Bearing Blog has had me pondering for a few days now. “The decline of grace” discusses the idea that God giving us the grace we need to handle our lives’ challenges means that when our we pass from a more trying state of life into an easier one, the grace we receive also diminishes. We’re given exactly as much as we need, is the idea. No more.
The theology-major... READ MORE
Talking Truth
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, May 25, 2012
Jennifer Fulwiler, who recently witnessed a horrific accident, writes at her NC Register blog about seeing a Catholic counselor to help her process her traumatic experience. She had doubts - would therapy be “misused as a replacement for prayer and trust in God”? - but explains in her piece how she overcame those doubts, and how seeing a counselor is helping her heal.
As someone who has greatly benefitted... READ MORE
The Outdoors Problem
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Ah, spring, when a young man’s thoughts turn to love, and a mother’s - at least this mother’s - turn to sending the kids outside to play already, because we’ve been cooped up in this house all winter and it is making me CRAZY.
Ahem.
Jen Fulwiler’s recent piece about the necessary evil of the McMansion got me thinking about the idyllic days of my childhood. No, seriously - allow me a moment to reminisce,... READ MORE
Family Restaurant
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Before our daughter was born, we used to eat in restaurants all the time. And - although it seems crazy to me now - after she was born, we kept it up at almost the same rate.
As soon as Milla (who’d been a colicky newborn) could make it through a meal without scream-blasting the eardrums of those around us, we started taking her out to eat at family-friendly places. It got easier as she aged, and... READ MORE
Whither Weather?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Thursday, February 09, 2012
On Groundhog’s Day my husband joked that the little guy came out of his hole and declared that winter had already been over for six weeks.
Anyone else feel like the season is missing this year? Here in Michigan, we usually get buried by at least a couple snowstorms each year, and have a week or two of single-digit temperatures. Those things have not happened this winter. We’ve had rain instead, and... READ MORE
Difficult Discussion
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Friday, January 20, 2012
This weekend for the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, our parish is having its usual prayer vigil. We signed up for a half-hour time slot. Bryan’s going and I suggested he might take our five-year-old daughter with him.
But I wasn’t surprised when he hesitated. Because, you see, we haven’t explained to Camilla about abortion yet.
We did participate in the local pregnancy care center’s fill-a-bottle-with-coins... READ MORE
Nick that Name
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Do you have a nickname? Did you choose it?
Perhaps because my name has no easy nicknames and I’ve always just gone by “Arwen,” I’m fascinated by the topic of nicknames.
A few years ago I mentioned that we called my daughter Camilla “Billa,” a nickname we certainly hadn’t planned on when we carefully chose “Camilla Claire” before her birth.
But sometime around age three, “Billa” disappeared and we... READ MORE
Which Came First?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, November 08, 2011
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We had a chicken costume in 3-6 months size, and we have two babies, so what could we do but make an egg?
Actually, I wasn’t planning on dressing the babies up at all, since basic non-frivolous tasks take all my energy these days. Kids demand costumes, but babies don’t care, so why bother?
But we only have two babies once. One chance to make a hilarious double costume so we can enjoy the photos for... READ MORE
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