Julie Lyles Carr

I loved playing Tetris back in the day. Loved it. And apparently is was a good training ground for figuring out how to keep eight kids and all their stuff somewhat arranged in a certain amount of square footage.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Revelation 22:14 It’s that time of the year. Those few weeks each season that my house looks like a pillaged warehouse in the garment district. I speak of the Changing of the Wardrobe….
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~April Showers~ ~bring May flowers~ ~and cute rain boots~ Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:06:00 +0000julielylescarr

I like this kid. Even when she’s not making faces. Miss LP. 6 of 8’s pal. She’s taken to calling herself 9 of 8. Bless her. She had a school assignment recently to journal about a quality she likes in a friend at school. She carefully took pen to paper and wrote this about a schoolmate: “He has a good…
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It was part of my psych training. To look for patterns. To observe a collection of human interactions and to try to detect repeated themes, echoes of behavior. I think I’m detecting a theme with 8 of 8.