by Mary Carver | Sep 6, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
I’ve been keeping a running list of funny, “real life” stories to share with you all. And as I read through it tonight, I couldn’t help it. I just started laughing. Reading it all at once felt like one of those life-with-kids-goes-awry montages...
by Mary Carver | Aug 30, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV
New shows should be starting soon, huh? Sometimes my husband really knows how to speak my love language. And, he’s right. Season premieres of shows both old and new start in just a few days. Are you ready? [Side note: If you didn’t know, I’m not...
by Mary Carver | Aug 29, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV, What I'm Into
When I think back on the last three months, it’s really all a blur. We moved and I went to Africa and I attempted to keep working from home even though both kids were home. We made it to the pool a couple times, and went out of town for a wedding. And that is...
by Mary Carver | Aug 23, 2016 | My Life
I keep driving by this billboard. It’s promoting a concert and hot air balloon festival coming up later this week, and I want to go. But, until just now, I hadn’t bothered telling anyone I wanted to go. So, odds are, I’m not going to go. When I take...
by Mary Carver | Aug 23, 2016 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
When I was a kid, our pastor had a message he shared during the children’s story about once a year. He’d remind us that the building we were in — the pews and the pulpit, the classrooms and the choir loft — wasn’t the church. He’d...
