by Mary Carver | Dec 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
When my brother and I were growing up, we played a little game in our family. If we needed a drink refill or a box of Kleenex or the remote or anything, really, out of reach, we wouldn’t get up and get it ourselves. We’d wait until someone else took the...
by Mary Carver | Dec 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
How does that song go again? It’s the most stressful time of the year?What? That’s not it? You mean we’re not supposed to stuff our faces and our calendars so full that we are filled with discomfort and can barely move?Ahhhhh.I don’t know about...
by Mary Carver | Nov 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Four days to spend with family.Four days that Mark didn’t have to go to work.Four days that I didn’t have to go to work.Four days to play with my baby.Four days to eat ridiculous amounts of delicious food.Four days to make lists, scan flyers, map out...
by Mary Carver | Nov 29, 2009 | Faith Life
Photo by eleafI have a list. (Surprising, no?) A list of questions that I plan to ask God as soon as I get to heaven. It’s not a real long list, but it has some of the most important questions in my heart:* Why did my friend Carrie have to die in that car accident?*...
by Mary Carver | Nov 27, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect
Chandler: All right I’d like to propose a toast, a little toast here. Ding, ding! I know this isn’t exactly the kind of Thanksgiving that all of you planned, but for me, this has been really great. You know, I think because it didn’t involve divorce...