by Mary Carver | Mar 27, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
THAT FACE. You guys! I tried so hard to get a sweet shot of her in the bathtub, but I’m realizing that while my girls are strong and smart and kind and hilarious, they may not technically ever be sweet. But the POINT IS that Adrienne is – miraculously and...
by Mary Carver | Mar 27, 2015 | Faith Life, Family Life, friendship
I asked my friend how she was doing. No, really, I said. How ARE you? Her child had been sick — scary sick — and I could only imagine how scared and stressed and exhausted she must have felt. Though I’d offered help in various ways, she’d...
by Mary Carver | Mar 23, 2015 | Family Life, friendship
If you were a Christian in the 90s, you undoubtedly remember the lyrics to the Michael W. Smith song, Friends Are Friends Forever. {In case you don’t know it, make sure you give it a listen. Enjoy the flashback to the 90s, checkered blazer and all!}...
by Mary Carver | Mar 20, 2015 | Family Life, parenting
A couple years ago my friend Amanda started – and posted – a list of 100 places she wants to take her kids. At the time I thought it was a great idea. Ambitious and overwhelming, maybe, but great! Maybe I could make a list of my own . . . nah. One hundred...
by Mary Carver | Mar 17, 2015 | Family Life, parenting
Annalyn is on spring break this week, so yesterday we took a little road trip. Good friends of ours live three hours away, so we met halfway between our houses for lunch and a couple hours in the park. Driving the three-hour round trip (and managing the acrobatics...