by Lisa-Jo | May 23, 2011 | Faith, Motherhood
It’s late. Only 9pm. But so late. The night shift will soon begin and the day shift with bathtimes and teeth brushing battles has only just begun to wind down. I slink away for a bit to steal some quiet and maybe some few moments of sleep in between shifts. But...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 20, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday, South Africa, Travel
Take a deep breath. You made it. It’s Friday. Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s write in shades of real and brave and unscripted. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. 1. Write for 5 minutes flat for pure unedited...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 19, 2011 | Motherhood
I was six months pregnant with my first baby the first time I remember mother’s day really mattering. From the mother’s perspective. It was Autumn in South Africa and I knew that Sunday and church would come with flowers and celebrating the moms. I was...
by Lisa-Jo | May 16, 2011 | Faith, Motherhood
For 10 minutes yesterday afternoon we couldn’t find our (nearly) six-year-old son, Jackson. It’s the most terrified I have ever been. It was the sacred Sunday nap hour. His younger brother and dad were sleeping. He and I had cleaned the playroom, got out the new chalk...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 13, 2011 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday
So, here’s the skinny: I’ve been thinking about writing and how often our perfectionism gets in the way of our words. And I figured, why not take 5 minutes and see what comes out: not a perfect post, not a profound post, just five minutes of focused writing....
