by Lisa-Jo | Mar 26, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Blogging, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Last night the only thing that stood between me and the desire to lock my children in their bedroom indefinitely was a heaping bowl of chocolate ice cream with sprinkles AND chocolate sauce. The kind that gets hard and crackly when you put it on the ice cream. They...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 25, 2013 | Giveaways, Our crazy little rental house
This is the longest we’ve ever lived in one place. Its been five years. After moving every two it was hard to get used to the idea of being settled-ish. And I’ve had a complicated relationship with our rental house. I’ve talked about it quite a bit...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 22, 2013 | Five Minute Friday
Writers invited – come one, come all, come free write with us. <–Click to Tweet this This is where a brave and beautiful bunch gather every week to find out what comes out when we all spend five minutes writing on the same topic and then sharing...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 20, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I’m older. My son thinks it’s incomprehensible that I’m 38. He likes to ask me over and over again and then shake his head in awe; mutter under his breath, “I thought you were only 37. Wow, 38!!” But I find I fit into this woman’s skin better...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 19, 2013 | Daughters, Motherhood
Where to begin? How is it possible to have two children and still not know all there is to know about being a mom? She was unexpected. A secret I unwrapped on the morning of my 36th birthday. A third baby. And weeks later I would learn that she was a girl and it would...