The Secret’s Finally OUT and YOU’RE Invited!

by Lisa-Jo | Jan 5, 2015 | No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, Take Action

I’ve got something I can FINALLY tell you guys! It’s been SO hard keeping it a secret! In exactly TEN DAYS FROM NOW I AM HEADED TO SOUTH AFRICA WITH A FAVORITE BLOGGING FRIEND. Yup, we are going to be your eyes and ears to update you all in PERSON about...

The Only New Year’s Resolutions I Think Are Actually Worth Making

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 30, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom

So here’s the thing – I don’t typically do resolutions. Or pick one word for the new year.  I clean my house. I try to arrange some kind of order back into the medicine closet. I sort through my daughter’s clothes and tidy her room. I make the...

What Christmas Says About Your Body as a Woman

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 16, 2014 | Cheering for you, Christmas, Love the body you've got, Motherhood

The thing about becoming a mother for the first time is how much it changes your body. And how little you expect that. No one warned me about that part. I didn’t have a mother to tell me that the pre-baby jeans I brought to the hospital I would absolutely not be...

There’s No Such Thing as Perfect People or Perfect Hospitality

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 15, 2014 | Cheering for you, Family, Ordinary Glory, Our crazy little rental house

Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...

If This Whole Year Has Felt Like Wasted Waiting And You’re About Ready to Give Up – Read This

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 10, 2014 | Christmas, Faith

Click here to listen the the audio recording of this post – a Christmas story for you as told by me. Christmas tells the once upon a time story of what happened when the whole earth and every person on it had been waiting. Waiting with bated breath and broken...