Think Happy, Live Longer
Posted by Arwen Mosher in News on Thursday, November 18, 2010
Do optimists live longer?
According to some very preliminary research, it appears they might. This article has the details.
The team that did the study made it clear that this could be a correlative rather than a causal relationship: “Pessimistic people may be more prone to developing habits and problems that cut life short, such as smoking, obesity and hypertension.”
I know very little about medicine... READ MORE
On Leaving the Umbrella
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Recently I was shopping in a fabric store and left my purse sitting in the cart while I examined fabric fifteen feet away. It was within eyesight the whole time, but still, a woman warned me to be careful: she’d had hers stolen that way.
I smiled and thanked her, but internally I rolled my eyes. Fabric store clientele seems to consist mainly of elderly ladies and women with children under age two.... READ MORE
Pick the Pink
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, March 26, 2009
I am working in the kitchen when I hear 5-year-old Gabrielle’s voice coming from the next room.
She is drawing. And singing. Princess songs, of course.
“We are so happyyyyyyyyy .... We are so prettyyyyyyyyyyyy .... Togetherrrrrrrrrr, in a beautiful woooooooorld!”
It seems Gabby is always singing. Her little girl voice is part of the everyday background noise that I tend to take for granted around... READ MORE
From the Editors: April’s ‘Ouch’
Posted by Tom and April Hoopes in Editor's Note on Tuesday, July 01, 2008
April: Ouch. Sometimes an issue of Faith & Family hits you right between the eyes.
Someone came up to me after Mass recently and told me, “I’ve just got to thank you for that last issue of the magazine. It seemed like every article was written for me!” Now I know what she means.
First, there’s the Marriage Matters (page 21). In each issue, we feature the story of a marriage that walks up to the brink... READ MORE
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