Thanks middle sister (5 months later!) but I'm not sure how this would integrate with the code that's there now?
<?php
// calling the header.php
get_header();
?>
<div id="box-wide">
<?php query_posts('category_name=life'); ?>
<?php if(have_posts()) : ?><?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post">
<h3><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="navigation">
<?php global $wp_query; $total_pages = $wp_query->max_num_pages; if ( $total_pages > 1 ) { ?>
<div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link(__( '<span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts' )) ?></div>
<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link(__( 'Newer posts <span class="meta-nav">→</span>' )) ?></div>
</div><!-- #nav-below -->
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
</body>
</html>