by Lisa-Jo | Aug 13, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 9, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Girlfriends, Motherhood
It’s a #FiveMinuteFriday! Where a beautiful crowd spends five minutes all writing on the same topic and then sharing ’em over here. Want to know how Five Minute Friday got started and how to participate? All the details are here. And every week I’ll...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 8, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends, Motherhood, South Africa, Travel
I slipped out of my mommy skin tonight. For three stolen hours I remembered who I am apart from the small hands that pull on me and the high pitched voices that only know me as mommy and not as Lisa-Jo. I sat in a dark theater and exhaled the Destin and diaper changes...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 6, 2012 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Women encouraging women is one of my favorite things. Sisters caring, showing up with soup, watching the kids, folding the laundry, sharing the recipes, picking the kids up, shuttling to baseball practice, holding the hard times with both hands and a full heart,...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 3, 2012 | Five Minute Friday
It’s a #FiveMinuteFriday free write flash mob! <—click to tweet this! Where a beautiful crowd spends five minutes all writing on the same topic and then sharing ’em over here. Want to know how Five Minute Friday got started and how to participate?...
