by Lisa-Jo | Jul 23, 2012 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I promise you, you will get lots of things wrong this week. You will lose your temper. You will say words you wish you could swallow. You will be frustrated and frazzled and tired and unable to face the dishes in the sink. You will feel scared and uncertain and unable...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 20, 2012 | Five Minute Friday
It’s #FiveMinuteFriday free write time! <—click to tweet this! Where a flash mob of folks spend five minutes all writing on the same topic and then share ’em over here. Want to know how Five Minute Friday got started? All the details are here. And...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 18, 2012 | Blogging, Giveaways
I honestly believe there’s nothing that girlfriends, a hearty slice of chocolate cake and a safe place to catch up can’t fix. Between the cake and the love all the aching nooks and crannies get filled right up. You know what I mean, right? Well, today...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 16, 2012 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Compassion, Faith, Family, Travel
We come home from the lake and even I am sun tanned as much as someone with an English father and Dutch mother can be. All those minnows and mornings on the quiet of a lake that’s seen my husband, his mother and his grandfather all grow up calm me. The quiet water...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 12, 2012 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Kids, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
In the last week alone I have ordered food from the McDonald’s drive through window, paid for the food, and then driven off without it. I have taken the highway I can drive in my sleep in the wrong direction and had to go all the way to the airport to turn...