by Lisa-Jo | May 13, 2016 | Cheering for you, It Gets Better, Ordinary Glory, Rabid fear of parenting, Uncategorized
On Friday nights we all stay in. We have pizza and a movie and three kids scrunched onto a single couch cushion because this is how they like it. Except for whoever ends up in the middle. We are a family that never gets tired of a good story. By Friday night, I don’t...
by Lisa-Jo | May 6, 2016 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting
Here’s to the mothers. Here’s to the boo-boo kissers. Here’s to the get up and warm the milk at 2am women. You are braver than you know. You make the music that makes the life that gives the rhythm to the day in and out and in again. Courageous. You deliver babies by...
by Lisa-Jo | May 4, 2016 | Family, Inbetween, Just plain hard, South Africa
I dropped my aunt and uncle off at the airport on Tuesday and then cried so hard as I drove away that I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep the car pointed in the right direction. I was completely stunned by my own mascara streaked face in the rear view...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 28, 2016 | Faith, Family, No such thing as just a mom
I’ve heard the whispers. The rumblings. The women who pull me aside to share with shy and embarrassed eyes this worry that what you do doesn’t count because you do it at 2am when no one is looking except the baby who’s throwing up. Again. Or because what you do...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 25, 2016 | surprised by motherhood
For the first time since my book, Surprised by Motherhood, came out two years ago the eBook version is on sale this week for only $2.99! That’s a $13 savings, you guys! And right in time for Mother’s Day! Did you know it’s super easy to give an ebook...
