by Lisa-Jo | Jan 20, 2016 | Cheering for you, Daughters, Faith, Girlfriends, Love the body you've got, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
When the news turns dark, when I have a hard time believing my pastor, and all I want to do is switch between hot baths and my cosy bed, it’s the stories of what women are capable of right there in the middle of the darkness that I need. The stories that take...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 13, 2016 | Books you should read, Cheering for you
Our Christmas tree is still up. As is the entire Christmas village. Our washing machine is still broken, but I think we are (finally!) free of the lice. I have a two day business trip out of town and my husband is lugging our laundry into work so he can borrow their...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 6, 2016 | Callings, Cheering for you, No such thing as just a mom
So here’s the lie I think we most often, most dangerously, buy into. We take that thing we love, that we’re passionate about, that we feel called to and we compare it to what other women are doing and then we belittle it by putting the word,...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 24, 2015 | Cheering for you, Christmas, Faith, Family
You guys, I’m sitting in bed in the dark close to midnight and typing this by the light of our hall closet. So you’re getting this post unedited, unretouched, unfiltered. My ten year old is curled up next to me because we have this deal on Wednesday nights...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 14, 2015 | Cheering for you, Christmas
There’s a lot happening these days. And the more I see people around me do, the more I tend to want to hermit. The more others produce, the less I feel motivated to start. The only thing I’ve excelled at this season is how many Hallmark Christmas movies...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 9, 2015 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Holidays, Just plain hard
I’ve been the community manager at the website (in)courage for five years. That means five years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, being in small groups of women and large groups of women. I don’t...
