by Mary Carver | Dec 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
With two long weekends coming up, I anticipate renting more than one movie from the old Box of Red. I’d really like to see Paper Heart, and I’d be lying if I said that watching guinea pigs save the world in G-Force hasn’t crossed my mind.What movies will you be...
by Mary Carver | Dec 18, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect
Broken cookies. Dry turkey. Sold-out stores. Thoughtless gifts. The flu. A blizzard. Family, ahem, issues. The list of things that can possibly ruin the holidays is long. But you know what? None of these things has to ruin anything. We can choose to enjoy ourselves...
by Mary Carver | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I was in seventh grade, I had this civics teacher. He was young and single and fun and yes, I did have a stupid crush on him, okay? He taught us about important things like Vietnam and animal abuse.I thought he was wonderful.And then came the day I discovered...
by Mary Carver | Dec 16, 2009 | Faith Life
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. (Kahlil Gibran)Last night we had friends over for dinner. After we put our daughter to bed and polished off a pan of chicken enchiladas, I cleaned off the table and opened up our game closet. (Also known...
by Mary Carver | Dec 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
The first year Mark and I were married, we were so excited for Christmas. We were, after all, official grown-ups now, so of course we needed to buy presents for every single person we knew and loved.And so, out came the credit card.In the years that followed, that...
