by Lisa-Jo | Jul 5, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
On Fridays around these parts we like to write. Not for comments or traffic or anyone else’s agenda. But for fun, for practice, for joy at the sound of syllables, sentences and paragraphs all strung together by the voice of the speaker. We love to just write...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 2, 2013 | Motherhood
“So,” someone will inevitably ask you by the end of the day. “What did you do today?” And you can tell them about lists checked off and conference calls and the crock pot you had to run through the dishwasher and still rinse out by hand. You...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 28, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
Friday, time to crack open the chocolate ice cream and unscripted version of beautiful you! Got five minutes? Let’s write. Let’s finger paint with words –>{click to tweet}. Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not....
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 26, 2013 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
I had no clue how to be a mom. I had never done any real babysitting, never dreamed about my future kids, never wished for motherhood. And I had no idea that the labor continues long after the delivery. Consequently the first year of Jackson’s life was about the...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 24, 2013 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
The last time I really dressed up to impress a man was probably a decade and a half ago when Peter and I were still in the do-you-notice-me-not-noticing-you-noticing-me phase. The last time I dressed up to impress another woman was yesterday morning when I...
