by Lisa-Jo | Sep 17, 2015 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
May today be its own unique story. May we remember that these kids aren’t an interruption, a distraction or a nuisance. May we open our eyes to this morning and remember that the two sleepy heads crawling into our bed are a gift. May we wash out bottles and fill...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 10, 2015 | (in)courage, Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Ordinary Glory, Our First House, Sunday
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 | Sep 8, 2015 | Cheering for you, It Gets Better, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
How do you measure the life of a mom? Is it in diapers changed? Loads of laundry folded? Dishes washed and stacked and put away? Is it in temper tantrums soothed, fevers treated, number of steps walked to rock babies back to sleep? What about all those dentist...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 10, 2015 | Cheering for you, Family, Motherhood, No more mom guilt, Ordinary Glory
Weekends are the life jacket that help keep us floating, head-above-water, the rest of the week, aren’t they? I love weekends. I love family time on the weekends. I love reading and I especially love doing lots of nothing. I mean, I always have one or two things...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 5, 2015 | Cheering for you, Faith, Ordinary Glory, Travel
My kids love to hear stories from when we were kids. My son, Jackson, is constantly complaining that we, “don’t tell him enough stuff about you guys.” So, more and more I find myself consciously dipping into my memory bank to unload some of the...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 4, 2015 | Callings, Cheering for you, It Gets Better
The boy that made me a mom will turn ten this month. Three days ahead of my own birthday. I carried him in from the car yesterday. I haven’t done that in years. (If you follow me on Instagram over here, you already saw the photo. I was determined to record the...
