by Lisa-Jo | Oct 7, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Ordinary Glory
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 6, 2014 | Book Club, surprised by motherhood
“And to do this, the heavenly Father had to unwrap His arms from around His only Son. Unmake the closeness. Break more than the ties of flesh and blood. And heaven itself cracked open when He let go of His Son and reached for me.”~ Surprised by Motherhood. Welcome...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 1, 2014 | Book Club, surprised by motherhood
All the dishes get done even if all the laundry doesn’t. I wipe down that table top that wobbles on four legs that have been loosely unhinged ever since we had boys. Paper towel and hand smooth over the old paint splotches that won’t come off and the scratches that no...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 29, 2014 | Book Club, surprised by motherhood
“There is no part of our everyday, wash-and-repeat routine of kids and laundry and life and fights and worries and play dates and aching budgets and preschool orientations and work and marriage and love and new life and bedtime marathons that Jesus doesn’t look deep...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 26, 2014 | Book Club, surprised by motherhood
Sometimes motherhood feels like negotiating with tiny terrorists. I’m not kidding. Yesterday I had to talk down what felt like a hostage situation and while the whole story boiled down to about eight sentences it took 45 minutes of hysterical level sobbing to...
