by Mary Carver | Jul 18, 2012 | Faith Life
Last night, I screamed at my daughter, consoled myself with a handful of M&Ms and a huge bowl of cereal (the sugary kind I hide in the pantry), and ended the night by skimming through 11 chapters of Psalms to catch up on my Bible reading plan. I went to sleep...
by Mary Carver | Jun 16, 2012 | Faith Life
Seven years ago, I walked carefully up bare wooden stairs to join the rest of my group in the not-quite-finished upper level of a building under construction. As our leader pointed out various features of the space and explained its future use in detail, I squinted my...
by Mary Carver | May 30, 2012 | Faith Life
Last week summer began for me. In other words, So You Think You Can Dance was back. I was so excited that I even let Annalyn watch a few minutes of the show with me, one hand hovering over the remote in case Lil C used adjectives other than “buck” –...
by Mary Carver | May 16, 2012 | Faith Life
“Mommy, what does appropriate mean?” My answer to that loudly whispered question was the same one I’d given to her other 473 questions that day: “We’ll talk about it later.” When my husband told me he wanted to speak at his...
by Mary Carver | May 1, 2012 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
Inviting people to a party (especially from the comfort of my computer) wasn’t hard. Baking cupcakes and making centerpieces that don’t look like something my 4-year-old made at preschool was a bit harder, but still not that difficult. What’s hard is...
