by Mary Carver | Mar 19, 2012 | Home Life, recipes & food
I’d had this recipe bookmarked for quite a while. It was just sitting there, in my bookmarks and my memory, waiting for the perfect bring-an-appetizer opportunity. My turn to bring snacks to small group earlier this month was it. As we were standing around my...
by Mary Carver | Mar 16, 2012 | Books, Movies & TV
Have you seen one of these things before? My mom’s school was on spring break this week, so Annalyn spent the night with my parents earlier this week. To celebrate our weeknight freedom, Mark and I hit up the Tuesday night pizza buffet. (Whoo! We are wild!) When...
by Mary Carver | Mar 15, 2012 | Giving Up on Perfect
I live in a border town. Kansas City is half Kansas, half Missouri. And while that may all sound like flyover country to some of you, it’s actually the home of a beautifully renovated and revived downtown district, more barbecue restaurants per capita than any...
by Mary Carver | Mar 14, 2012 | Faith Life
I almost drove through a road closed sign a few days ago. I was taking a back way to a friend’s house, and just two days before, I’d followed that same road all the way to the same neighborhood my friend lives in. So, running a little late [like usual] and...
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....
