by Mary Carver | May 1, 2013 | Faith Life
Right before I graduated from college, a classmate wrote an article for our school paper. He called it “Roses and Thorns” and listed some of the best and worst parts of his four years at our university. Roses were the things he’d loved, the...
by Mary Carver | Apr 24, 2013 | Faith Life, Family Life, marriage
This weekend, thousands of women around the world will watch a webcast about staying in community, in relationship even when it’s hard. When they do, they’ll hear me talk about how I chose to stay in my marriage last year, even when it was hard. Because...
by Mary Carver | Apr 17, 2013 | Faith Life, Family Life, parenting
Since the time Annalyn was two and a half years old, she’s gone to daycare, preschool or both. And she’s loved it. She’s also loved her class at church, various playdates and basically any opportunity to play with other kids. HOWEVER. Since the time...
by Mary Carver | Apr 15, 2013 | Faith Life, My Life
Last fall a friend of mine decided to go back to work after staying home with her three kiddos for a few years. When we talked she was excited to go back to her field and busy lining up childcare and schedules and game plans. So I was shocked when she emailed a couple...
by Mary Carver | Apr 3, 2013 | Faith Life
For the past four months or so, I’ve been working two jobs. Both jobs are part-time, so on paper at least, it’s totally doable. But apparently when you add two part-time jobs that don’t behave like part-time jobs should to an already pretty full...
