by Mary Carver | Nov 24, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect
Buy groceries. Wait, no. Make grocery list first. Oh, um, no. First figure out menu. And pull up recipes from Pinterest. Then make grocery list. And buy groceries. Don’t forget foil pans. Wait for Mark to fix the bathroom door. Write T-Day schedule. Plan to...
by Mary Carver | Nov 19, 2015 | Faith Life, Giving Up on Perfect
Sometimes it’s hard to get into the holiday spirit. Or it just doesn’t FEEL like the holidays for some reason. Sometimes the holidays just plain make you sad. That’s okay. Even when the holidays come with as many (or more) hard parts as they bring...
by Mary Carver | Nov 17, 2015 | Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
Today’s post is from my friend, Amanda White. You might know her as @ohamanda – or the author of Truth in the Tinsel: An Advent Experience for Little Hands. In her former life, Amanda was a Children’s Pastor — overseeing, organizing and developing ministry...
by Mary Carver | Dec 22, 2014 | Faith Life
This post was originally published on MothersofDaughters.com in 2013. It’s not Christmas until… …we put up the tree. …Bobby comes home. …I hear O Holy Night. …we light the Advent candles. …it snows. …we watch White Christmas. …I bake cookies. …we volunteer at the...
by Mary Carver | Dec 3, 2014 | Faith Life
Do you have your Christmas tree up yet? Are your halls all decked? I don’t – and mine are not. I also haven’t flipped over to the radio station playing non-stop Christmas music since it began a couple weeks ago, and I’ve only bought two...
