by Mary Carver | Oct 26, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
When I went searching for a photo to use in this post, I wasn’t looking for anything specific. Just a generic nature-y picture or a basic office-y photo. Then I found a picture of a pineapple sitting in the grass. Just last week, Mark and I got into a debate...
by Mary Carver | Oct 25, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect, recipes & food
I don’t travel a lot by myself, just a couple times a year. Basically I do it just enough for both my family and me to forget HOW TO DO IT in between trips. That means that two weeks ago, before I went to a conference in South Carolina, we were all struggling a...
by Mary Carver | Oct 24, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
It’s one thing to miss a day of posting when I’m out of town at a conference. But I’ve been in town, at home the past two days. And yet…where were the posts? Posts weren’t the only things missing in my life this past week. I also missed a...
by Mary Carver | Oct 22, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV
On the last day of the conference my roommate forced me to take a walk. I mean, invited me to take a walk. Whatever. We took a walk. Greenville, South Carolina, has a beautiful, charming downtown district, and if you walk far enough (like, a dozen blocks or so),...
by Mary Carver | Oct 20, 2015 | friendship
Note: Keep reading (or scroll down if you must) for a $50 giveaway from DaySpring! Four years ago we decided it was time for us to find a new church home. I am a big, big fan of our not-so-new-now church home, but I do miss my friends from our old church. Sure, we...