by Lisa-Jo | Apr 20, 2012 | Blogging, Five Minute Friday, Love me my man, Raising Boys
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on Friday and write like we used to run when we were kids. On...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 18, 2012 | Blogging, Daughters, Faith, Family, Girlfriends, The hard good stuff
My tiny human, my gorgeous darling, my little one – you are a girl. You are our first girl and I will never stop celebrating it. You are a gorgeous, dimpled, delicious, just-one-year-old baby girl. And my darling, there’s some stuff that comes with being a girl that...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 16, 2012 | Blogging, Giveaways, Motherhood, Our crazy little rental house
UPDATED: This contest is now closed. The randomly selected winner of the might Oreck and his sidekick hand held vac is commenter number 366 – Michelle Small! Congrats, Michelle and thanks everyone else who entered. We have a Cheerios problem at our house. Also a...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 15, 2012 | Blogging, Freebies, Giveaways, Motherhood
If I had a million dollars I would be sending each of you a year’s worth of Saturday night babysitting and a copy of Megan Tietz and Laura Oyer’s beautiful book Spirit-Led Parenting: From Fear to Freedom in Baby’s First Year. Because your comments over...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 5, 2012 | Blogging, Family, Kids, Motherhood, South Africa, Speaking, Travel
Remember that one time I told you I was going to do a podcast with Tsh from Simple Mom? And you all sent fun question ideas? Well, it happened and you can listen along with us as I talk about my middle name, why I don’t think I’m cool enough to be a...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 29, 2012 | (in)RL, Blogging, Girlfriends, The hard good stuff
It would be so much easier if no one disagreed with me. If no one challenged me; if no one pushed my buttons. Life would be restful and calmer if no one questioned what I thought or told me they thought something different. If people always saw my side, always shared...