by Lisa-Jo | Mar 29, 2012 | (in)RL, Blogging, Girlfriends, The hard good stuff
It would be so much easier if no one disagreed with me. If no one challenged me; if no one pushed my buttons. Life would be restful and calmer if no one questioned what I thought or told me they thought something different. If people always saw my side, always shared...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 28, 2012 | Family, Love me my man, Marriage
I told him not to buy me anything for Valentine’s this year. Just to write me a love letter. He liked the idea but his schedule was uncooperative. That was a month ago. This morning I stumble into the bathroom pre-contact lenses and peer at an envelope that seems to...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 27, 2012 | Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys, Sweetstuff, The ordinary extraordinary
“So,” he asks me. “What did you do today?” And I think about lists checked off and conference calls and the crock pot I had to run through the dishwasher and still rinse out by hand. I think about the four rooms that I vacuumed and the EBook...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 26, 2012 | (in)RL, Blogging, Girlfriends
Why do I go on an on about community and how much it means to me? Whether it’s over diapers or screaming kids or the frustrated glory of parenthood. Whether it’s over finding myself in the lost corridors of motherhood or connecting with you about how we...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 23, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
UPDATED: Hey gang, my humblest apologies for the misbehaving linky today. I heard they had a crash on their server and we’re all feeling the ripple effects. But the linky elves are trying to fix it and I hope it will be back to behaving properly again soon. In...