by Lisa-Jo | May 1, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
What I didn’t expect was how the book would change my perspective towards other mothers. I have always tried to be polite when I see another mother out in public struggling, but the book reminded me that we are all in this together. Whether our kids are 8 days...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 9, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I’ve learned three things about motherhood in the last nine years. Motherhood is hard. Motherhood is glorious. And motherhood is very hard. Nothing. Nothing can properly capture a window into a mother’s world. So much magic, so much mundane, so much...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2014 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Ordinary Glory, surprised by motherhood
How do you measure meaning in the life of a mom? Is it in diapers changed? Loads of laundry folded? Dishes washed and stacked and put away? Is it in temper tantrums soothed, fevers treated, number of steps walked to rock babies back to sleep? What about all those...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 24, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Just plain hard, surprised by motherhood
“You’re just no good at that.” There’s a voice that tells me this often. It’s funny how it doesn’t matter what I’m doing. I can be cooking or organizing the pantry or picking out new curtains or working on a piece of writing or figuring out how to fund a kitchen for a...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 19, 2014 | Cheering for you, Family, Just plain hard, No such thing as just a mom
I sit in bed late at night and tap these words out on a laptop propped up on a pillow on my bed. I’m usually in an old ratty T Shirt and raggedy sweatpants. The radio in Zoe’s room is playing songs I’m tired of hearing. Pete’s wrapping up his...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 9, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
Don’t tell me you don’t make a difference. Don’t tell me that your life is small; that the sun sets and rises on the same day in and day out and that you don’t make a difference. I don’t want to hear that. Don’t tell me that Pulpits...
