Author Archives: Julie Lyles Carr

Y’all.   I know some amazing people. Truly. People who love Jesus and take care of their neighbors and support their church. They are in the Word and pray each day and...

They live in the most darling Austin-but-Southern-eque house just down the street, with plantation rockers on the two sets of porches that grace the front of the home. All their babies have been born ...

Back in the day, as they say, I ran cross-country at the first of three high schools I would attend during my tender teen years. My dad’s career was in rocketry and we followed the Space Shuttle...

Maybe it’s your friends. Maybe. It’s practically epidemic, the number of moms I speak with who are struggling with feelings of inadequacy. Feelings of being less than...

Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the Easter trail, arriving later this week. And with him come the questions.Should we ‘celebrate’ the Easter Bunny?Easter egg hunts?&#x...

Y’all.   I did it again. Just like so many times before.   It’s like something just comes over me and I can’t help my...

Back in the day, I had a whole lot of educational philosophy that was one hundred percent correct and better than your educational philosophy. Or your neighbor's. Or your mom's. I was on the ball. It ...

I hide.   From people. And not like ‘hide and seek’. I’m not wanting to be sought.   I’m hiding with purpose an...

Take it from a somewhat-recovering-approval junkie. This working mama thing ain’t for sissies. Particularly for those of the approval seeker tribe. Like me. ...

That’s right. In the face of believing that kids need to do hard things and face challenges and learn how to press in, I’m one of those moms who makes things easy for my kids.&#...