by Lisa-Jo | Aug 7, 2014 | Blogging, South Africa
I’m a white girl who grew up in the affluent and extremely privileged suburbs of Pretoria, South Africa. At the height of Apartheid. I grew up under US sanctions and ate my first McDonalds burger at the age of 18 only because I was traveling abroad. We didn’t have...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 6, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
When the mother of one small child turns her tired eyes my way and says, “I don’t know how you do it with four. I can hardly handle one,” I know she has not yet learned something important. There is no mathematics of motherhood. Or, if there is, it is some higher...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 4, 2014 | Blogging, Cheering for you
I don’t know a woman who hasn’t had the life choked right out of her by the jealousy that can get a throttle-hold when she’s innocently scrolling Facebook. We all need the reminder that the Internet is Not the Boss of Us. My friend, Michelle DeRusha...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 2, 2014 | (in)courage, Blogging
We spent six days in northern Michigan lake country with no Internet, cell or data connection. No suffocating sense of competition or comparison either. Gets a girl thinking real hard about this online space we all spend so much time in. And wondering how to carve out...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 31, 2014 | Five Minute Friday
I’m having all the feels about this being my last week hosting Five Minute Friday. In case you missed the announcement, I’m handing Five Minute Friday over into the tender and very capable hands of my friend Kate Motaung starting from next week, August...
