by Lisa-Jo | Dec 3, 2010 | Family, Sweetstuff
the sight of my two boys unwrapping gifts alongside their adopted brothers and cousins. a healthy, growing baby girl due to arrive safe and sound in March 2011. the smell of the jasmine blooming in my dad’s garden in South Africa right now. a heart chock-full of...
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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 30, 2010 | Faith, Family, South Africa, Travel
Some days remembering to make myself breakfast is a victory. Because life can come at you hard and fast in the mornings. And before you know it kids are already out playing in the piles of mulch in the backyard and calling for snacks when mama hasn’t even gotten...
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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 29, 2010 | Callings, Christmas, Faith, Family, Motherhood
As we travel toward December 25th, I will be marking the four weeks of Advent with this series – Pregnant with Christmas. With one child born two days after Christmas and my tummy full of another one right now, so many of my thoughts are on that teenage mother...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 24, 2010 | Family
In case you’re wondering, your house is not too small. The stains on your carpets are not too awful. The toys that creep back into the spaces you’ve just cleaned are not too unruly. And the kids who put them there are not too wild to entertain guests. Your...
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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 21, 2010 | Family, Marriage
We dance. And even with my eyes closed I know the steps by heart. One two three. One two three. You wrestle them through tooth brushes and Sponge Bob toothpaste. I tuck gangly legs and chubby thighs into Spiderman pajama bottoms and Cars pajama tops and tuck them up...
