by Mary Carver | Jul 17, 2015 | Faith Life, Family Life, My Life, parenting
This post was originally published a couple years ago but seemed relevant this week since I have been on vacation and forced to wear a swimsuit. When I left my house last Friday morning, I had packed my husband, my daughter and myself for more than a week. I managed...
by Mary Carver | Oct 24, 2013 | My Life
I don’t have a single dream, fantasy or personal fairy tale that doesn’t begin with, “Once upon a time there was a beautiful, thin girl named Mary.” Every dream I claim as my own begins and ends with me losing weight and looking different than...
by Mary Carver | Jun 25, 2012 | My Life
When I decided to eat low carb for a while, I was surprised by a) how good it felt to follow that diet plan and b) how well it worked for weight loss. In just a few weeks, I lost 10 pounds. Then my brother-in-law died. And I started a new job. Life just got crazy in...
by Mary Carver | Jun 6, 2012 | My Life
It’s true. My inner voice – the one I hear in my head nearly every waking minute of my day? She can be a total jerk . . . and sometimes she sounds a lot like Joan Jett. Or a lot like what I would sound like singing Joan Jett. See, somewhere along my...
by Mary Carver | May 3, 2012 | My Life
When I started my low-carb adventure last month, I had high hopes of dropping huge amounts of weight in a short amount of time. I should know better, but I really envisioned a much slimmer me shopping for a brand-new swimsuit – and even wearing it in public...
