Julie Lyles Carr

~He started his 8th birthday at my house…they call me Aunt Sissy.~ ~so….8th Birthday at Aunt Sissy’s House for my third nephew.~ ~don’t know if he had fun~ ~but I loved it~ ~love you much, MB. Happy, happy birthday.~ Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:25:00 +0000julielylescarr

Wow. That’s the longest blog break I’ve had in, uh….ever. In the history of my blog. Which is not an exceptionally long history. But still. Much to my utter delight, I got a call last week from my brother and his family letting me know that they would be arriving on my doorstep within a couple of days as their…
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It is such a delight to see how SisterHood is going. It’s the gathering of women in close zip codes. It’s the gathering of women who come together to laugh and share and cry and eat some great food. It’s a SisterHood. And so many of my favorite people are there. My ministry partner/dear friend/Thelma to my Louise (or is…
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There are a couple of guys who deserve a shout-out. That guy up there. My daddy. Holding one of my brothers and me. My youngest brother was born the next month. And this guy… …holding Mike, just a little while before Mike’s younger sister was born. These two amazing men raised us, taught us, supported us, disciplined us, educated us….
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You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. John 8:15 It was mid-morning, mid-week. I was wrapping up a long grocery shopping session, my cart piled high with supplies for my huge crew. Although my local super store, which starts with Wal and ends with Mart, has all kinds of lanes from which a person is theoretically…
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