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by Lisa-Jo | Jun 3, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday
I like chocolate. I like words. And I never tell my chocolate what’s wrong with it, how it could have been improved, and how disappointed I am in it before I eat it. I. Just. Eat. It. That’s what we do around here on Fridays. We eat words. Straight up....
by Lisa-Jo | May 31, 2011 | Callings, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
My boys officially smell of summer. And to me summer smells like sunscreen. The ritual has begun – the spraying and lathering and rubbing into scalps of sweet smelling SPF 50 on blond hair and pale white bodies. {Sorry, boys, you may have got my blue eyes, but...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 30, 2011 | Callings, Daughters, Faith, Motherhood
I hold you, my darling daughter, in the dark. I can hear your breathing, blindly seeking me out, mouth open and expectant. I am all instinct and no real thought aside from a desire for sleep and the knowing that the way back to bed lies through this 2am feeding. This...
by Lisa-Jo | May 27, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday, South Africa, Travel
I have a new baby. A girl. And two boys. Life feels wild. Some days I worry about failing motherhood. But then I spend five minutes with you fine people and I remember. I remember how powerful the written word is. To encourage, to laugh, to cheer, to pray, to listen,...
by Lisa-Jo | May 24, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Travel
That voice in your head that says you’re no good. That says you’re uncool. That says you’re always behind the curve, at the back of the line, in the dark. That says you’ll never catch up, never get a break, never live into the dream you’re chasing in the midnight...
