by Lisa-Jo | Aug 14, 2012 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
Sometimes I’m tempted to turn all the comments you wise, wonderful and deeply funny women leave into a book. Seriously, you people are smart. And you write hugs that deserve to be passed on. So, today I give you my 50 favorite pieces of parenting advice for new...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 13, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 8, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends, Motherhood, South Africa, Travel
I slipped out of my mommy skin tonight. For three stolen hours I remembered who I am apart from the small hands that pull on me and the high pitched voices that only know me as mommy and not as Lisa-Jo. I sat in a dark theater and exhaled the Destin and diaper changes...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 6, 2012 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Women encouraging women is one of my favorite things. Sisters caring, showing up with soup, watching the kids, folding the laundry, sharing the recipes, picking the kids up, shuttling to baseball practice, holding the hard times with both hands and a full heart,...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 1, 2012 | Blogging, Callings, Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends
My name is Lisa-Jo and I struggle with comparing myself to others. It feels like such an embarrassing admission – the rabbit hole of comparing yourself to other people. It feels like something better whispered in the ear of a good friend than admitted out loud....
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 25, 2012 | (in)courage, Cheering for you, Faith
There are so many things I’m not good at. And apparently I have an inner monologue determined to record each and every one of them. There’s a voice in my head that tells me I am not enough. Some days it’s quiet and some days it’s super shouty. It’s the strangest...
