by Mary Carver | May 10, 2016 | parenting
It’s not often that I find myself singing John Denver, but when flying to Colorado, I can’t resist. “I’m leaving on a jet plane. Don’t know when I’ll be back again.” Of course, I do know when I’ll be back. Since Mark is...
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...
