by Mary Carver | Mar 29, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
Last week was spring break, so in the tradition of spring breaks everywhere I took Annalyn to the orthodontist and made her help me clean the house half a dozen times and took her on hours-long road trips to look at houses for sale. It was super awesome and fun. We...
by Mary Carver | Mar 15, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
The world feels out of control these days, doesn’t it? The anger, the division, the confusion — it all leaves me feel frustrated and helpless. Talking about it — with anyone, no matter how safe or similar they are — sure doesn’t seem to...
by Mary Carver | Mar 14, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
It rained last week. And as soon as the clouds cleared and the sun glowed again, I saw them: pink blossoms. In early March. It seems the trees in my neighborhood are reckless optimists, blooming and turning their colorful faces toward the sky and announcing that...
by Mary Carver | Mar 11, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV, Giving Up on Perfect
I really don’t like to quit things. I mean. Non-job things. Because Lord knows I have quit more than my share of jobs. And, FINE, diets. Or, as the diet people call them, LIFESTYLE CHANGES. Whatevs. I have quit a whole bunch of those, too. But TV shows? Or movie...
by Mary Carver | Mar 8, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last fall I went to the Allume Conference and met lots of bloggers and writers. Many of them were friends of friends or they were familiar names/faces I just hadn’t met in person. But lots of them were simply brand-new-to-me bloggers. And even though the...
