by Lisa-Jo | Feb 17, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Girlfriends
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery at how much creativity is crammed in our heads and even if we just unlock if for five minutes it can paint the world in...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 15, 2012 | (in)courage, Faith, Girlfriends, Inbetween
Two years ago I sat on a park bench eating orange sherbert ice cream and telling Holley all these dreams that were crammed so tight inside my heart I could hardly breathe for fear of splitting down the middle. I told her about my sleepless nights. I told her about the...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 13, 2012 | Blogging, Callings, Faith, Family, Motherhood
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. ~1 Corn. 1:27 I came by motherhood backwards. It was never my intention or my dream. It was a slow revelation that “barefoot and...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 10, 2012 | Faith, Five Minute Friday, Rabid fear of parenting
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery. On Fridays we just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Won’t you join us? (<—Tweet...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 6, 2012 | Family, Sweetstuff
I’ve been staring at the brown wooden paneling in my daughter’s room for months because I’m too afraid to paint it. I don’t know how to pick paint colors. Or spackle. I’m not good at home decorating, or picking out tchotchkes or fabrics or frames. I don’t know how to...