by Mary Carver | Jul 7, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Lately, I’ve felt like I’m losing all my friends. Friends have moved away, friends are busy, friends change, friends just don’t seem to last forever. It’s left me wondering, Is the BFF just a myth? [Now some of my more dedicated readers might...
by Mary Carver | Jul 6, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, My Life
A couple years ago, after I’d been at my last job for a while, one of my relatives asked me how I liked the job. I hemmed and hawed until I finally admitted that it wasn’t great. I shot off a few reasons, and then he said something I’ve never been...
by Mary Carver | Jul 3, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life, recipes & food
I’ve never grown or cooked fresh green beans. But Mark’s mom? She was a gardening and cooking queen – and that included lots and lots of green beans. When she died, she left behind dozens of jars of canned green beans. They were SO good – and...
by Mary Carver | Jun 30, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Have you seen this commercial? Two guys, talking on the phone, are debating when the song, “Whoomp! There It Is!” came out. Was it 1993 or 1995? When the guy claiming 1995 realizes he’s wrong, he abruptly gets off the phone with his friend. “Kenny,...
by Mary Carver | Jun 28, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
Our front door is broken. Sometimes our garage door won’t open all the way. And our backyard has a virtual swamp smack dab in its middle that, save an actual drought, can never be fully mowed. That’s just the outside of our house (and doesn’t include...
