Author Archives: Julie Lyles Carr

Okay. Maybe a bit of an overstatement. An over-promise. But still.   This pink mouse. There’s some revelation there. &...

It was a question I knew would come at some point. But it still took my breath away. “Is a stroke forever?” My sweet Merci. My seventh child. Fi...

We all want the very best for our children, but it’s impossible to do everything right all the time.  Admitting that is freeing – and it’s also encouraging to other moms in the ...

I had a great question from a mom at an event at which I spoke. She asked: I would like to know if you can suggest some things I can do with my kids to help them more to lean on GOD and His...

Y’all. I have a confession to make. Of the New Year sort. I have planner commitment issues. Serious planner commitment issues. As in, I have a pile of almost ten...

Once upon a time, there was a handsome and ambitious boy who asked a grateful and ambitious girl to marry him, to travel the world, to dream up business ideas. They would live in New York City or Wash...