by Mary Carver | Oct 31, 2013 | Giving Up on Perfect
“And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.” ~ Stephen King, The Dark Tower Thirty-one days. Not quite thirty-one posts. But lots of great conversations about the fairy...
by Mary Carver | Oct 30, 2013 | Faith Life
Friends, I have lots of thoughts and feelings to share on this topic. But pregnancy insomnia plus a sinus infection has won the battle this week. I do want to hear YOUR stories about your journeys of faith and how they’ve differed from what you expected, planned...
by Mary Carver | Oct 28, 2013 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
The spring after my sophomore year of college, I signed up to substitute teach in my hometown. I was busy planning my wedding, but I was also preparing for the monthly bills I knew would come with my new, grown-up life. Spending a few days as the cool college student...
by Mary Carver | Oct 27, 2013 | Giving Up on Perfect
[Email subscribers, click here to see the video.] Last week after church Mark was helping tear down (we’re a mobile church that meets in a high school), so Annalyn and I decided to grab lunch at Taco Bueno. Apparently they had some sort of taco emergency going...
by Mary Carver | Oct 24, 2013 | My Life
I don’t have a single dream, fantasy or personal fairy tale that doesn’t begin with, “Once upon a time there was a beautiful, thin girl named Mary.” Every dream I claim as my own begins and ends with me losing weight and looking different than...
