by Mary Carver | Feb 14, 2013 | Family Life, marriage
You don’t have to look far on this blog to realize that I am a hypocrite when it comes to romance. I’ve written extensively about the dangers of letting romance novels, pop music and chick flicks shape our expectations and inform our relationship dynamics....
by Mary Carver | Nov 28, 2012 | Family Life, marriage
Gonna be a long night. It’s gonna be all right . . . On the night shift. When I first started blogging, I ran across a blog that titled every post with a song title or lyric. I loved it – and was so jealous I hadn’t thought of it first. I...
by Mary Carver | Oct 12, 2012 | Faith Life, Family Life, marriage
In my high school Valentine’s Day was quite the floral spectacle. Like adolescent boys everywhere, my classmates knew that buying flowers on that infamous greeting card holiday was mandatory if they hoped for any chance of having a girlfriend on February 15....
by Mary Carver | Mar 13, 2012 | Family Life, friendship, marriage
Smitty, Mark and I call ourselves The Three Amigos. We’ve seen movies together, thrown parties together, gone on vacations together and eaten a thousand meals together. Smitty actually knew Mark before I did, and she and I have been friends since kindergarten....
by Mary Carver | Mar 28, 2011 | Family Life, marriage, parenting
If I did one of those word collage things for all the phrases I speak in any given week, I know which one would be the largest. “Because of Mark’s schedule…” I say that all the time! A husband who works nights really cramps my social life, but...
by Mary Carver | Dec 18, 2010 | Giving Up on Perfect, marriage
SWAGG is a free mobile app (download here) that lets you shop smarter using your mobile phone. Buy, send or swap SWAGG GIFTS and organize your old school plastic gift cards. For every download of the app between now and Dec. 31, 2010, SWAGG will donate $1 to Stand Up...
