by Lisa-Jo | Feb 27, 2015 | No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, Take Action, Uncategorized
You guys, some days you’re sitting in Panera trying to pick out a new pair of leggings for your daughter online and scrolling through the fun updates about The Dress – when you get a message from a friend in South Africa. And she shares a photo that was...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 24, 2015 | Compassion
Hello, my name is Lisa-Jo and I am a lame Compassion International sponsor. I originally wrote this blog post four years ago and apparently I still haven’t learned my lesson. Because today when I logged on to write a birthday letter to Daniel who I met...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 23, 2015 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
My husband tells me that it’s probably not worth investing in any “nice” home décor until our sons have graduated out of our house. The scarred sofas, battered bunk beds and duct-taped military toys testify to this. We have two young boys, and a fearless daughter who...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 19, 2015 | Books you should read, Cheering for you, Motherhood
If you’ve been following me on Facebook you know that we’re coming off several nights of the puke/sleep/puke/beg God for mercy/puke cycle with one of our kids. It’s left both Pete and I with the worst kind of two am parenting hangovers. But the world...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 17, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard
Maybe you’re dying a little bit on your insides? Every day. Every Monday and Tuesday there are little pieces of your soul crumbling and crying and dying. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch; like me! Maybe you’re over there between...
