by Mary Carver | Oct 3, 2013 | Faith Life
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ~ Anna Quindlen I don’t remember wanting to be a princess. It was fun to play with my friend’s dollhouse or Barbie dolls, but I...
by Mary Carver | Oct 2, 2013 | Faith Life
You know how, sometimes, when you’re talking with a friend for a long time, you can end up talking about something so random, so unrelated to your original topic that you can’t help but say, “How on earth did we get HERE?” I love trying to...
by Mary Carver | Oct 2, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
When I was in middle school, I had a diary. It had a lock on it and everything. I can’t tell you exactly what’s in it, because it was a victim of this summer’s Decluttering-a-palooza. (In other words, it’s hidden away in my cedar chest, which...
by Mary Carver | Oct 1, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
You wanna know something funny? As I sat here, fiddling with my feed trying to figure out how to give my subscribers a link to my new ebook, I watched the season premiere of Once Upon a Time. Don’t tell Emma, Mary Margaret and Charming that I’m giving up...
by Mary Carver | Sep 26, 2013 | Faith Life
I sat in my car, waiting to pick up my daughter from preschool and scrolling through Instagram on my phone. As rain started pelting my windshield, tears started soaking my cheeks. That’s when I decided not to open Instagram for the rest of the weekend. Last...
