by Lisa-Jo | Dec 14, 2015 | Cheering for you, Christmas
There’s a lot happening these days. And the more I see people around me do, the more I tend to want to hermit. The more others produce, the less I feel motivated to start. The only thing I’ve excelled at this season is how many Hallmark Christmas movies...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 9, 2015 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Holidays, Just plain hard
I’ve been the community manager at the website (in)courage for five years. That means five years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, being in small groups of women and large groups of women. I don’t...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 4, 2015 | Christmas, Holidays, Kids, Rabid fear of parenting
I hate commercials. I don’t think I can possibly overstate this. I make our children DVR any TV shows they want to watch so that they can fast forward through the commercials. They know that the best way to make my head explode is to leave the volume on during a...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
By this time last year, I’d gained a little holiday weight already. Several pounds of dissatisfaction had settled onto the hips of my heart. This time of year there are so many rich lies about what you need to fill you up. The holiday season seems to be a...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 25, 2015 | Cheering for you, Christmas, Holidays, No more mom guilt, No such thing as just a mom
For the days we are running on empty. For the days we just don’t think we have it in us to pick up one more load of groceries, read one more story, play one more game of Monopoly, wash one more round of sheets. For the days when we think everyone else has it...
