by Lisa-Jo | Oct 29, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
There are those who say that this is ordinary. But don’t let that fool you. “Mother” will always be the bravest, least ordinary, most difficult and utterly challenging career that anyone ever hopes to lay claim to. While others might hear, “diaper-changer, food-maker,...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 8, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I wrote this a while back for my friend, Glennon. And after last week’s series of posts sharing some of my back stories, I thought of this one. And I wanted to share it here. Because it’s me in a nutshell. And maybe you too? If there’s one thing...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 15, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
It occurs to me how much I miss on the days when I’m frustrated. On the days when I hurry them through brushing teeth and climbing bunk bed ladders and demands for just one more sip of water. On evenings when I rush and mutter and long for the solace of bed and...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 11, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I see you there. Aching with tired and the desperate hope for a few moments alone this evening. I see you cleaning that carpet again. I see those dishes that are on a constant rinse and repeat cycle. I see you settle down and get up and settle down and get up and...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 5, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
The thing about women is that we always assume the girl next door, the women across the aisle, the mom in the car pool lane, your husband’s best friend’s wife, your cousin, great aunt or the stranger in the dressing room next to you at the mall has it figured out....
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 15, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
To all the mothers, the wanna-be-moms, and the I’d-rather-climb-Kilimanjaro-than-become-a-mom-thank-you-very-much-women, Sometimes on a Monday morning I think about you and how you might not have grown up thinking you wanted to be a mom. You might have dodged...
