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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 2, 2011 | Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
He’s wearing nothing but the blue camo underroos when he comes running at me. I barely have time to brace before all that stocky, nearly-four-year-old life slams into my knees. Amazing, to be missed like this. Today he asks me to wave from the door while he...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 31, 2011 | Blogging, Girlfriends
There’s this thing about women. They may be wearing purple boots or skinny jeans or sweat pants. But when they do that thing – that thing where they look right into your eyes, where they just reach over and hug you, where they whisper secret truths in...
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by Lisa-Jo | Oct 28, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday
On Fridays around these parts we stop, drop, and write. For fun, for love of the sound of words, for play, for delight, for joy and celebration at the art of communication. For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without...
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by Lisa-Jo | Oct 27, 2011 | (in)courage, Blogging
Sometimes it’s hard to know when to speak and when to listen. Sometimes it’s even harder to speak when you think no one’s listening. …I’m sharing at (in)courage today about what we can do on those days when we wished more people cared about our...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 26, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids
How heavy a baby is. How that tiny, new human being can cripple a back with endless nights of swaying and leaning and crouching over a crib to listen to her breathe. They could have mentioned the ache you’d feel at the pit of your heart when she smiles or burps...
