by Lisa-Jo | Jan 30, 2017 | Scream Free Morning Routine
There’s a morning I wish I could forget. But the memory is lodged in my mind like a splinter. So I try not to go to near it because it hurts. This painful memory of a painful morning. That pressure cooker time of day. That hour and a half when every single child...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are Christmas tree ornaments scattered across the carpet, hither and yon. The tree has long since dried up. It has shed a layer of crunchy prickles everywhere. But I haven’t stripped it of its decorations yet. Instead, right when I should have been starting...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 8, 2016 | Christmas, No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, Take Action, Thank you dad
Some days are just bad. My day started bad. The middle was bad. And it ended bad. My phone died. My computer wouldn’t back anything up. I didn’t get all the things done we try to squeeze into a single day. And my kids FREAKED the FREAK out at the dinner I...
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by Lisa-Jo | Dec 5, 2016 | Faith is Hard, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
There are three, maybe four writers, I would consider both some of my favorite people as well as my favorite writers. Hilary Yancey is one of them. Her son Jackson just turned one. And this is their story. I spent a year and 20 days grieving an empty five minutes....
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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 22, 2016 | Cheering for you, Faith is Hard, Family, Holidays
I’ve been the community manager at the website (in)courage for six years now. That means six years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, being in small groups of women and large groups of women. I...
