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 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...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 16, 2012 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Compassion, Faith, Family, Travel
We come home from the lake and even I am sun tanned as much as someone with an English father and Dutch mother can be. All those minnows and mornings on the quiet of a lake that’s seen my husband, his mother and his grandfather all grow up calm me. The quiet water...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 9, 2012 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting, South Africa, Travel
Our family is off to the lake and the woods on vacation this week. Where there’s no Internet. So I’m sharing five of my favorite posts from the last couple years while I’m gone. I hope they’ll be favorites for you too. Wishing you watermelon...
