Julie Lyles Carr

I will praise God’s name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30 The Thanksgiving leftovers are either polished off or in scraps in baggies in the fridge. The fall decor is back up in the attic and the Christmas boxes have disgorged their contents onto any non-moving surface throughout the house. We’ve already watched White Christmas. And the cards…
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Oh office Christmas Tree, oh office Christmas Tree, how tiny are your branches… Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.3 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:55:00 +0000julielylescarr

I’ve been scrubbing and painting and rearranging over the last few weeks, all in anticipation of the holidays. We leased this house for four years, not thinking originally that we would buy it. We were waiting for our home down on the coast to sell and then we figured we would build, seeing as how there are not many houses…
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…even when we’re not sure what part of the turkey that is….. …for my precious sister-in-law who packed up four kids and my brother and drove a whole bunch of miles to be with us this holiday… …for a 15 year old who, of his own accord, put on a nice shirt and tie. And asked if we could please…
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Welcome to 2 of 8’s senior year. The year I’ve been somewhat in denial about. We hit our second dance convention in Houston this past weekend. And it was beautiful. And I keep trying to ignore that 2 of 8 won’t be going to conventions next year. Because she’ll be an adult and all. So I won’t get to see…
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