by Mary Carver | Sep 11, 2013 | Faith Life, Family Life
We gathered at the farm, bringing baseball gloves and brownies, walking slow to the edge of the pond and watching the lines and lures swim back and forth. We talked about things unimportant, quiet things and loud things, full of memories and teasing. We all knew why...
by Mary Carver | Aug 28, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
“We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny. This second, we can turn...
by Mary Carver | Aug 23, 2013 | Faith Life
I have this cat, Peanut. And she’s really sweet and affectionate and gentle with children. But she is also just about the most annoying thing on the planet. She talks a lot, but that’s not really the problem. In a house full of big talkers, I can hardly complain about...
by Mary Carver | Aug 8, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
Several years ago I was reunited with a dream. Just like the communication theory course I’d taken as a junior AND COMPLETELY ERASED FROM MY BRAIN (until a snippet of a movie we analyzed triggered the bizarrely buried memory), the moment of career clarity I...
by Mary Carver | Jul 24, 2013 | Faith Life
Between moving [and dusting] my piano as we cleaned and decluttered and repaired our house to list it for sale and talking to a piano teacher about the merits of starting Annalyn in lessons next year instead of this one, playing the piano – or my lack of it...
