by Lisa-Jo | May 28, 2015 | Cheering for you, Love the body you've got
I got my first mammogram yesterday. It felt brave and beautiful to take care of me. Of this one mom and one wife in this family. And it felt especially beautiful to be required not to wear lotions or makeup. I’m forty and this is my unfiltered skin and I love it...
by Lisa-Jo | May 21, 2015 | Books you should read, Just plain hard, Motherhood
Sometimes I feel like I’ve been tired for a decade. But my oldest will turn 10 in August, everyone can pretty much cut their own food, handle their own business in the bathroom, and dress themselves in the mornings (even if the style and pattern choices are...
by Lisa-Jo | May 19, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Our crazy little rental house, Our First House
Oh you guys, I can’t even begin to tell you how much your reactions to our story of buying our first ever house meant to me this week. I cherish each of your beautiful comments and emails and I’m still working my way through all of them because I want to...
by Lisa-Jo | May 18, 2015 | Our crazy little rental house, Our First House
On Friday last week Peter and I signed our names approximately 5 million times and became first time home owners. We’re both 40. We have three kids and have lived in 9 rental homes in 3 different countries. And two years ago I’d officially given up the...
by Lisa-Jo | May 14, 2015 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
They asked me to speak at our church’s monthly women’s breakfast. I had no idea what to say or where to begin. All I could think of is my long list of things I get wrong. On repeat. I’m not afraid of this list. I’m not embarrassed by it. I don’t feel the need to hide...
