by Mary Carver | May 1, 2017 | parenting
If you missed it on Monday, I am going to Kenya in a couple weeks. Kenya! Africa! (I can’t help it; that’s how I hear it in my head every single time I say it.) I’ll be gone for 11 days and, I have to confess, I’m getting a little stressed out...
by Mary Carver | Apr 28, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life
This morning, after getting my two girls to their places (bus stop and daycare), I browned and seasoned three pounds of taco meat and delivered it to the school, just in time for the 17th Teacher Appreciation Lunch of the year. I asked myself, the entire time I was...
by Mary Carver | Feb 24, 2017 | Books, Movies & TV, What I'm Into
My kids had to wear their winter coats this morning and you would’ve thought I was asking them to don every item of clothing in their closets. It’s been unseasonably warm around here for several days, even to the point of shorts. For them, not for me....
by Mary Carver | Jan 4, 2017 | Faith Life
My friend and co-author Sara Frankl passed away in 2011, but she is still teaching me about choosing joy. As I worked on the book that tells her story and shares her message of hope and joy, I was amazed and moved to read about the incredible strength Sara drew from...
by Mary Carver | Dec 28, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last week I shared a post at MomAdvice.com about ending this year well. I acknowledged what cannot be denied, that 2016 has been — in so many ways — a no good, very bad, terrible year. But I also insisted — mostly to myself — that God can...
