Why I very rarely have a “quiet time” with God

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 2, 2009 | Kids

So I was reading this great post recently about another mother; she went a year without having a quiet time (aka devotional, quality, alone time with God). Not surprisingly it was the same year she had twins.  And from the first sentence I thought, “Oh, yes,...

What parenting will immunize you against

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 1, 2009 | Callings, Kids

I remember when I had my first baby, my still single brothers and friends used to ask me, “So, what do you DO all day?” And I could hear in their voices the “doesn’t all that lying around in your jammies eating bon-bons, rocking your infant and...

Slam (brother) Poetry

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 25, 2009 | Kids, Slam poetry, Sweetstuff

Brothers; Their love comes from where the wild things are. Crashing and bashing its way out of the woods towards curl-tugging, nose-grabbing, chasing, embracing, growling kisses. Dancing the bedtime blues they sway and pray for more time free of the confines of 4...

Don’t hate me because my mother-in-law rocks!

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 24, 2009 | Family, Sweetstuff

Laying to rest the ghosts of all bad mothers-in-law, mine is one part knight-in-shining-armor, one part Betty Croker, and one part Mary Poppins. She makes housework fun and spoons sugar into all her interactions with us. Short, joyous, and faithful she arrives at the...

If hell was a mouse his name would be Chuck-E-Cheese

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 19, 2009 | Kids

I (almost) have no words to describe the pure insanity of the last couple hours’ excursion to the home of the mouse-who-shall-not-be-named (and who really looks a lot more like an oversize, growth-hormone, induced rat anyway). Talk about heading into the heart...