Revealing Our Cracks
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, September 30, 2011
The other day I put this out on Twitter:
If you’ve never sobbed, “What do you WANT from me?” at your baby… well, you’re a better mom than I am, I guess.
I got a surprising - and comforting - number of responses from other moms who’ve been there. Their reassurances helped me cope with a rough afternoon.
But the one that stuck with me, that still has me thinking four days later, was from a mom who said... READ MORE
To Find the Answer
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Friday, January 29, 2010
Today was another rough day, and when my (sainted) husband got home from work he suggested I go out by myself for a couple hours while he tackled bedtime solo.
Honestly, I intended to go to the bookstore, but through a concatenation of circumstances I ended up at our parish’s Adoration chapel instead.
During our extended period of subfertility I regularly found solace in Eucharistic Adoration. I would... READ MORE
A Sweet and Frustrating Package
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Thursday, January 28, 2010
My daughter and I had a tough day today, to put it mildly.
Three is turning out to be a challenging age for her, and being her mother is a constant struggle to balance nurturing her and meeting her needs with disciplining her and having realistic expectations for her behavior. It is hard, and a lot of the time I don’t get it right.
Camilla was - for the most part - a sweet and biddable two-year-old.... READ MORE
Praying Through the Noise
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Faith on Friday, December 18, 2009
Our kids were especially feisty this morning.
Bryan and I sat on the couch to say morning prayer together. Often during this time Camilla keeps quiet reading to herself, and Blaise crawls around on the floor playing. Not so today. Our daughter squeezed herself in between my husband and the armrest, and we had to tell her several times to turn off the musical toy she was holding. Blaise demanded that... READ MORE
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