by Lisa-Jo | Feb 10, 2011 | Family, Five Minute Friday, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
I haven’t written anything in a week. Not even five minutes worth. I’ve felt empty of words. Full of baby. Full of noise and chaos and worry and kids who launch themselves out of bunk beds with no heed for their physical safety or my mental well being....
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 4, 2011 | Blogging, Sweetstuff, Writing
Stop, drop, and write. That’s what we do for five minutes here on Fridays. No tweaking, no back-tracking, no self-editing. Just words. Lots of lovely words for a full five minutes. This week the prompt is:What’s the best mail you got recently – email, text, or...
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by Lisa-Jo | Feb 3, 2011 | South Africa, Travel
Mail and memories arrive today from South Africa. And candy. I’m standing in the living room surrounded by chaos and flour because Micah is modeling a culinary masterpiece at the dining room table. And the mailman hands me a package that I wasn’t expecting...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 2, 2011 | Faith, Marriage
When my husband grabs our sons amidst shrieks of delight and tackles them with love and outlandish wrestling maneuvers en route to bed my heart wants to jump out of my body and do the happy dance. He is their hero. I love that they get that. But he was mine first,...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 1, 2011 | Blogging, Callings
There’s something about being surrounded by women that feels a lot like coming home. {Sixteen of our (in)courage writers photographed by Amie from Wild Olive Tees} And for someone who lives on the see-saw of homesickness, that is a profoundly comforting thing....
