Julie Lyles Carr

So many of you have been so sweet to ask about 4 of 8’s post surgery progress and 7 of 8’s continued therapy following the diagnosis of a neonatal stroke. And can I just take a moment to thank all of you so much for your kind words, prayers and sweet thoughts? Thank you. Thank you. I thought I would…
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If you give a twin a cookie…you’ll have to give the other twin a cookie, too… and they’ll want sippy cups of milk to go with it… And while you sit at the table with your laptop, naively blogging…. They’ll spit some of the milk in the sippy cups onto their highchair trays… And they’ll make this… And some of…
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There’s a little something I’ve learned about myself over this almost two decade span of mothering. A Hollywood/Soccer/Pageant/Spelling Bee Mom I am not. It’s enjoyable to see the kids trying different sports and activities, but at the end of the day, I really want to be able to take a long run, soak in a long bath and read a…
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle I had a challenge issued to me.   One I initially didn’t think would be that daunting. AVT Coach asked me to come up with a word, one word, that would be a beacon in this new year, a word that would guide and…
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The LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was…
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