by Lisa-Jo | Apr 2, 2013 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Faith
I’m breathing OK these days. But a month ago I felt a lot like my life was a bus that had left without me. I was tired, stretched, uncomfortable in my skin. Scared of my voice and my blog because it’s scary to write what people will likely disagree with at...
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by Lisa-Jo | Mar 26, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Blogging, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Last night the only thing that stood between me and the desire to lock my children in their bedroom indefinitely was a heaping bowl of chocolate ice cream with sprinkles AND chocolate sauce. The kind that gets hard and crackly when you put it on the ice cream. They...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 20, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I’m older. My son thinks it’s incomprehensible that I’m 38. He likes to ask me over and over again and then shake his head in awe; mutter under his breath, “I thought you were only 37. Wow, 38!!” But I find I fit into this woman’s skin better...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 12, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends, Marriage, Motherhood
This one’s for Natalie. Who wrote to me after yesterday’s post. The one about how there’s no such thing as perfect people. But maybe it’s for you too? She reminded me how hard it is to crack open the doors of our lives to other people, not just...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 11, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 4, 2013 | Cheering for you, Giveaways, Motherhood
It was already an emotional day when the gift arrived in the mail. Fourteen years to the day since Peter asked me to marry him. And I said yes. Because he was the guy who loved me despite my irrational phobia about ever having kids. And now we have three. It’s...
