Julie Lyles Carr

I’m no judge of frog flesh, so I suppose I wouldn’t know one way of the other. But my sons assure me that this is Burt, a frog they rescued earlier in the summer. They say that he is now living in the front yard, housed in our sprinkler valve box. Except that they also tell me he is a…
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How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” Isaiah 52:7 When I went to shop for shoes to wear with my wedding dress, nigh over twenty years ago now, I was inundated with choices. White, strappy heels….
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~8 of 8, baby archive, circa August ’08~ ~Flickr & Picnik are being weird today~ ~so I’m going back in the photo vault~ ~and found this jewel~ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:00 +0000julielylescarr

5 of 8 is my steady kid. Content. Easy. Even. So it was a bit of a surprise the other day when he woke up in one of ‘those’ moods. He pouted about the selection of breakfast cereal. He was disgruntled at performing his usual chores. He whined about his school assignments. We tangled. Quite a bit. Unusual for our…
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6 of 8 has (finally) gone through a certain right of passage… Yep, she lost her first baby tooth. And I have to say, that picture just above may be one of the funniest I’ve ever taken… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:59:00 +0000julielylescarr