by Lisa-Jo | Jul 15, 2011 | Daughters, Motherhood, South Africa, Travel, Uncategorized
{Don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about Five Minute Friday. It’s just that my days in the Southern hemisphere are few and my memories and words in this place are many. So I need more than five minutes this week. But the link up for your beautiful five minute moments...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 14, 2011 | Daughters, Family, South Africa, Travel
The year after my mother died I couldn’t sleep. I would dread bedtime, dragging feet toward the inevitable. Empty hours stretched ahead of me and I couldn’t see my way toward the sunrise; the night was dark and dense and filled with loneliness. I hated to be the only...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 30, 2011 | Callings, Daughters, Faith, Motherhood
I hold you, my darling daughter, in the dark. I can hear your breathing, blindly seeking me out, mouth open and expectant. I am all instinct and no real thought aside from a desire for sleep and the knowing that the way back to bed lies through this 2am feeding. This...
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by Lisa-Jo | Apr 22, 2011 | Blogging, Daughters, Five Minute Friday, Giveaways, Motherhood
The end of Holy Week – a good time for few words. Want to take five minutes with me and see which ones bubble to the surface? Let’s just write and not worry if it’s just right or not. Here’s how we do it: 1. Write for 5 minutes flat with no...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 31, 2011 | Daughters, Kids, Motherhood, Uncategorized
Let me count the ways: “For YOU created Zoe in my inmost being; you knit her together in my womb. I praise you because she is fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful I know that full well.” Psalm 139: 13-14
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 25, 2011 | Blogging, Callings, Daughters, Five Minute Friday, Giveaways
I have a new baby. A girl. Six days old today. She smells delicious. So five minutes is about all I’ve got these days. Five minutes to just write, and not worry if it’s just right or not. Kind of like how the rest of my life is at the moment. Want to join...
