by Mary Carver | May 10, 2016 | parenting
It’s not often that I find myself singing John Denver, but when flying to Colorado, I can’t resist. “I’m leaving on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again.” Of course, I do know when I’ll be back. Since Mark is...
by Mary Carver | May 2, 2016 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
I met a friend for lunch and spent an hour catching up over French fries and some kind of organic ketchup. As we laughed about what we’d give for a bottle of Heinz on the table, I shared all the details about the amazingly fast sale of our house and the one...
by Mary Carver | Apr 30, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV, What I'm Into
http://www.givinguponperfect.com/2016/04/what-im-into-march-2016/ reading Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum I’ll Be Yours by Jenny B. Jones Jennifer E. Smith The Wrong Side of Right by Jenn Marie Thorne Fangirl and Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Like Never...
by Mary Carver | Apr 22, 2016 | Books, Movies & TV
The second season of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was released on Netflix last week. Sadly for me, Mark got the stomach flu over the weekend and was here, hogging up my TV time, even more than usual. (Obviously, a stomach virus is sad for me because I love him and...
by Mary Carver | Apr 19, 2016 | parenting
You’re not crazy. You’re not alone. You’re not failing. You can do this. You’re exactly who they need. You are beautiful, smart, amazing. If I could sit down with you and tell you those things today, I would. (I’d offer you some chocolate...
