by Mary Carver | Dec 13, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect
I have two daughters — and a whole lot of other women to buy gifts for, and I wanted to find items to specifically encourage them this year. But when I went searching for girl power-themed gift guides, I was frustrated that none of the existing lists were...
by Mary Carver | Dec 11, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect
Sometimes this time of year comes with a few unwanted gifts… It’s a so-called “helpful” email offering solutions for all the things you’re doing wrong and leaving you with a stomachache (and confusion about whether you should feel...
by Mary Carver | Nov 16, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last Thanksgiving, my aunt made an announcement after we’d finished eating turkey and pie and all the carbs we could get our hands on. She told us she’d been helping my grandma clean out some things, and she had boxes of photos. She said that we could...
by Mary Carver | Nov 9, 2017 | Books, Movies & TV, Giving Up on Perfect
I don’t remember when I discovered John Green. It was after he’d published most his early books, though, so I was able to devour them without waiting in line at the library. Quirky yet often relatable teens on emotional, epic quests were mine for the...
by Mary Carver | Nov 3, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect
One of the reasons I love pop culture so much is that it can reveal truth to us that we might not have seen or understood otherwise. Because I see the world through a lens of Christianity, I believe that truth is often the God-related kind, something about who God is,...
by Mary Carver | Oct 31, 2017 | Giving Up on Perfect, Hooked on Holiday Movies, Movie Moments
We hadn’t even tricked or treated, yet Hallmark spent last week flinging us straight into The Holiday Season. Of course, since their ridiculously early holiday focus comes with just a DVR-full of movies and not a list of tasks, deadlines, and to-dos (like all the...
