by Mary Carver | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few months ago, I went to Nashville for a little conference called Blissdom. And if you’ll recall, one of my biggest regrets from that weekend was my lack of business cards. Because I was the only one who didn’t have them! (Or at least it felt that way.)So I vowed...
by Mary Carver | May 9, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last weekend, Mark and I were treated to a date night, courtesy of some movie passes and a babysitter. I’d had the free passes since my birthday. Five months ago. So we were due for a good movie. And we had decided that the perfect movie for us to spend the passes and...
by Mary Carver | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, we didn’t go out to eat often. That’s partly because we lived in a small town that only opened a Subway and Sonic years after we moved away, and partly because there wasn’t a lot of extra money to go around.But every once in a while, we’d go out for...
by Mary Carver | May 2, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect
On Thursday night, I watched a soft rock star cry.The Compassion Bloggers held a live chat at 10 p.m., which incidentally is supposed to be my bedtime. And after an hour of answering questions and overcoming technical difficulties and laughing and sharing the...
by Mary Carver | Apr 24, 2009 | Giving Up on Perfect
This Sunday, a group of bloggers will leave their safe, comfortable lives to fly halfway around the world to India. They will visit Compassion International projects and share what they see and what they learn with their readers.Last fall, I was safe and comfortable,...