by Lisa-Jo | Apr 14, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Kids, Raising Boys
I stand at the sink and peel potatoes I feel the hard grit and sand under my nails and the hot water washing over my hands. I peel and watch the skin skein back and the white flesh of the bulb appear. I peel and I hear my son from his back bedroom. He is a tornado of...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 25, 2011 | Blogging, Callings, Daughters, Five Minute Friday, Giveaways
I have a new baby. A girl. Six days old today. She smells delicious. So five minutes is about all I’ve got these days. Five minutes to just write, and not worry if it’s just right or not. Kind of like how the rest of my life is at the moment. Want to join...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 16, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I’m shrinking. On the outside I might be growing and swelling and stretching bellybutton flattened out over a watermelon stomach. But in much more important ways I am shrinking. My focus is narrowing and turning inwards. Inside the walls of this white washed...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 1, 2011 | Blogging, Callings
There’s something about being surrounded by women that feels a lot like coming home. {Sixteen of our (in)courage writers photographed by Amie from Wild Olive Tees} And for someone who lives on the see-saw of homesickness, that is a profoundly comforting thing....
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by Lisa-Jo | Jan 26, 2011 | Callings, Daughters, Faith, Family, Motherhood
I have two sons. And in March I will have a daughter. I’m not sure I’m ready. But in these months of growing my belly, God has also been growing my heart. Part of that process has been Hilary. A 20-year-old student I had the privilege of mentoring. And...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 20, 2011 | Callings, Faith, South Africa, Travel
I was born and raised in South Africa – third, fourth, fifth generation – and all my childhood memories of vacations are from the dry flat landscape of the Karoo. Stark unrelenting miles of dusky golds and browns interrupted only by bitter faced mountains and lonely...
