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by Mary Carver | Sep 26, 2017 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
“I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?”Last weekend I went to my 20th high school reunion. It was an event that I’d built up to be A THING in my head, one I was both nervous about and looking forward to. It turned out to...
by Mary Carver | Sep 19, 2017 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
Yesterday I told a friend that I felt like I was running the 50-yard-dash in the Mom Olympics. I joked that I could almost hear the starting pistol the moment I left my house. In the span of just a couple hours I went to my daughter’s school to fill out a form...
by Mary Carver | May 12, 2017 | Faith Life
One of my Facebook friends posted a link to an article claiming that a large percentage of people live within 50 miles of their birthplace, commenting that this information was “sad, really.” Since I saw that a few days ago, I’ve found myself arguing...
by Mary Carver | May 10, 2017 | Faith Life, marriage
My husband and I both really like a song from a couple years ago called “Hard to Love.” He likes it because he freely admits that many of the lyrics apply to him, and I like it because I agree. Of course I do. I mean, what’s a girl to do when her husband acknowledges...
by Mary Carver | May 8, 2017 | Faith Life
My girls are in a season of YouTube dance parties. Every night brings a negotiation of how many songs they can select and who gets to pick first and if they’ll choose music videos or movie trailers. Occasionally a request is made for something that pushes my PG-rated...
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...
