by Lisa-Jo | May 30, 2013 | Love me my man
He was 21 and I was 22 and he used to come over and stock my fridge. I lived in a part of town that I probably shouldn’t have. The part that meant I usually needed someone to walk me home. He always walked with me. Remembered the umbrella when I forgot. And on...
by Lisa-Jo | May 23, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
#FiveMinuteFriday – Where everybody knows your name –>click to tweet. Where a beautiful crowd spends five minutes all writing on the same topic and then sharing ’em over here. It’s like free writing therapy for the tongue-tied, tired, or...
by Lisa-Jo | May 22, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
I haven’t been in two months. I’ve been hunched over a computer and conferences and deadlines and this carpet I have to vacuum at least twice a day it seems. What with the Cheerios and giving notice on our lease and the people all coming through at all...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 21, 2013 | Faith, Just plain hard
Like you all, I can’t stop thinking about Oklahoma today. You can join some of the prayers being shared from there over here. It made me think about this post I wrote in the dark when Hurricane Sandy headed our way. I’m reading it again today. So I sit in...
by Lisa-Jo | May 20, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family
Contentment is a delicate bubble, isn’t it? We sit out on her back porch watching the kids play with soapy bubbles and the playground blinking through the trees in the background. It’s my favorite time of day, the sun waning and hints of fireflies flirting...
