by Mary Carver | Apr 19, 2016 | parenting
You’re not crazy. You’re not alone. You’re not failing. You can do this. You’re exactly who they need. You are beautiful, smart, amazing. If I could sit down with you and tell you those things today, I would. (I’d offer you some chocolate...
by Mary Carver | Apr 5, 2016 | recipes & food
I read somewhere that April is the new New Year’s — or, maybe more accurately, can be considered a New Year’s Do-Over. I’m not sure this is official or anything, but I’m going to go with it. I mean, I’m going to go with it in the...
by Mary Carver | Mar 29, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect, parenting
Last week was spring break, so in the tradition of spring breaks everywhere I took Annalyn to the orthodontist and made her help me clean the house half a dozen times and took her on hours-long road trips to look at houses for sale. It was super awesome and fun. We...
by Mary Carver | Mar 15, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
The world feels out of control these days, doesn’t it? The anger, the division, the confusion — it all leaves me feel frustrated and helpless. Talking about it — with anyone, no matter how safe or similar they are — sure doesn’t seem to...
by Mary Carver | Mar 8, 2016 | Giving Up on Perfect
Last fall I went to the Allume Conference and met lots of bloggers and writers. Many of them were friends of friends or they were familiar names/faces I just hadn’t met in person. But lots of them were simply brand-new-to-me bloggers. And even though the...
