by Mary Carver | Apr 30, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
Even though I’ve been a part of (in)courage for more than two years and have visited the actual beach house (and have been hearing about (in)RL for months now), it only occurred to me a few weeks ago that my (in)RL meetup should have a beach theme. [And yes,...
by Mary Carver | Apr 27, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
We’re all about flowers at our house right now. Between the marigold she potted at preschool and the out-of-control rosebush in the backyard, we are just blooming everywhere. That’s good, because April has been a rough month in my house. Annalyn has had...
by Mary Carver | Apr 27, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, parenting
A couple months ago Annalyn asked me to sing her a lullaby before bed. We sing a lot around our house, but I’ve never made it a habit to sing to her or with her at bedtime. No, this was simply a ploy to prolong bedtime. But I’m not completely cold-hearted....
by Mary Carver | Apr 26, 2012 | Faith Life
“So, what do you do?” How many times have we heard (or asked) that question, meeting someone for the first time at a party, a charity event, a church dinner? It comes almost immediately after the exchange of names and determines how the rest of that...
by Mary Carver | Apr 23, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
Last weekend we went out of town. We didn’t go far, just drove a few hours south to Springfield for our friend’s son’s first birthday party. We actually got to the party late, missing the cake, the singing and most of the festivities. But we were...