Hen.ry believes:

1. That three is a magic number. (Everything must be in 3's or he comes unglued.)
2. That he has "too much sisters." (In response to my telling him he has 2 sisters.)
3. That if he screams for 45 minutes a third slice of pear will appear on his plate (see 1).
4. That I can make the moon appear at will if he screams about it long enough on moonless nights.
5. In Love.

So.phie's beliefs about lawyers

1. Working at Target is a preferable job.
2. If not Target, then Whole Foods, b/c you could get a discount on the expensive thermoses.
3. If you're going to go to school for a long time and work a lot, you should at least be a doctor so you can make some money and get a bigger house.
4. "Working at Target is a more earth-friendly job than being a lawyer, because lawyers use 1200 pieces of paper a day."

Ca.rina's beliefs about pregnancy and childbirth

1. That having a c-section would be scary.
2. That having a vaginal birth would be "ticklish."
3. That I carried her in my belly and Josh carried Henry in his.
4. That when she was born she was wearing a surgical mask.
5. That a baby gets in your tummy by lifting your shirt up and sticking it there.

Fuck "The Lost Months: Part II"

We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we that we wander in the times which are not ours and do not think of the only one which belongs to us; and so idle are we that we dream of those times which are no more and thoughtlessly overlook that which alone exists. For the present is generally painful to us. We conceal it from our sight, because it troubles us; and, if it be delightful to us, we regret to see it pass away. We try to sustain it by the future and think of arranging matters which are not in our power, for a time which we have no certainty of reaching. Let each one examine his thoughts, and he will find them all occupied with the past and the future. We scarcely ever think of the present; and if we think of it, it is only to take light from it to arrange the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means; the future alone is our end. So we never live, but we hope to live; and, as we are always preparing to be happy, it is inevitable we should never be so.

Blaise Pascal, Pensees