by Lisa-Jo | May 22, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
I haven’t been in two months. I’ve been hunched over a computer and conferences and deadlines and this carpet I have to vacuum at least twice a day it seems. What with the Cheerios and giving notice on our lease and the people all coming through at all...
by Lisa-Jo | May 20, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family
Contentment is a delicate bubble, isn’t it? We sit out on her back porch watching the kids play with soapy bubbles and the playground blinking through the trees in the background. It’s my favorite time of day, the sun waning and hints of fireflies flirting...
by Lisa-Jo | May 1, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood
A while back a production company contacted me to ask if they could turn a post I wrote into a short Mother’s Day video. I said yes. Because, of course. Awesomeness. And this month of remembering, recognizing, celebrating and thanking mothers, friends may you be...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 25, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
This is for the hurt women. The wish-they-had-sisters women. The why-wasn’t-I-invited women. This is for the girlfriends and heart friends and long distance friends and miss-my-friends friends. This is for the women who love long afternoons catching up and slow...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 15, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
Some days are so upside down it’s hard to breathe. Last week Wednesday I was doing laundry and digging down at the bottom of the basket for a nasty pair of little boy underoos and bent so hard and fast at the waist that I slammed my forehead into the edge of the...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
We’re used to headlines. And headliners. And theme music. To rock stars and taglines and the spotlight to tell us what matters. To talent searches to tell us what’s beautiful and what should be applauded. To cameras that catch every nuance of the intimacy...
