by Mary Carver | Feb 13, 2014 | Family Life, parenting
I’m a rule follower. As a child, I only ever got in trouble at school for talking too much (go figure.) – unless you count that one Saturday school my sophomore year for too many tardies (again. go figure.). I’ve been known to make the extremely...
by Mary Carver | Jan 31, 2014 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, My Life, parenting, What I'm Into
Sometimes I get the most random songs stuck in my head. And other times the notes and lyrics that come to me seem to appear for a reason, like with Katy Perry’s Unconditional a few weeks ago. I couldn’t tell you the last time I’d heard this...
by Mary Carver | Jan 17, 2014 | Family Life, parenting
My brain is not fully functioning these days, and I’m actually stuck in the hospital for an extra day. Apparently post-partum pre-eclampsia is a thing – and I’ve got it. So extra meds and monitoring for me, while our baby girl keeps on being the...
by Mary Carver | Jan 13, 2014 | Faith Life, Family Life, parenting
If all goes as planned (I KNOW. But it might, okay?), I’ll deliver my second baby girl this morning. As I planned and prepared over the past month, my emotions swung from one extreme to another, fueled by memories and fears and anticipation and nerves. And, you...
by Mary Carver | Oct 17, 2013 | Family Life, parenting
Kindergarten is hard. At our elementary school it’s seven long, jam-packed hours. That time is filled with phonics and P.E. and art projects and math games and the fascinating (to me) navigation of six-year-old social dynamics. By the time my six-year-old gets...
by Mary Carver | Aug 26, 2013 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, parenting
This was the conversation we had last night at dinner: “Annalyn, put your phone down.” “But, Mom, it’s beeping. I need to check it.” “Annalyn, do you see your mom and I staring at our phones during dinner? No.” “Dad! My...
