by Lisa-Jo | Oct 14, 2011 | Five Minute Friday
On Fridays around these parts we stop, drop, and write. We write bold and beautiful and free. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Won’t you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 13, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Motherhood
This post is for my little cousin, Bronwen, who’s at the one year mark of motherhood. And it’s for you. This post is for those days when “getting over yourself” is the last thing an exhausted, I-can’t-take-it-anymore, run down mother needs to hear. Can I just...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 12, 2011 | Callings, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
I like sleep. I like spending hours reading books, alone, in perfect quiet, in a pool of sunlight on a late fall afternoon. I like a clean and tidy house. I like to eat food while it is still hot. I like clean clothes. I like to brush and style my hair in more than 2...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 10, 2011 | Callings, Faith
And I get her out of the bath and wrap her up in shiny, skeins of softness that compliment her still brand new skin. I burrito her into my arms and we both laugh and the air smells like baby lotion and love. These are my big moments. No one sees them but me and her. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 9, 2011 | Faith, Sunday
Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest...