by Lisa-Jo | Nov 17, 2011 | Faith, Motherhood
Don’t worry, this post isn’t about potty training. Or about gastro intestinal bugs. You don’t have to be a mom to relate to this post. Because some days, I think, we all feel covered in ick. There’s the slimy goopy ick of worry that I feel my feet squishing around in....
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 14, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Girlfriends, Inbetween
I’m seven months since the last baby was born and still fighting with my jeans. She’s wearing hers like a perfect fit and I can’t help but say what I’m really thinking, “Man, you look great. You just look so good. How’d you do that?...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 9, 2011 | Faith, Family, Inbetween
The back yard looks like a place where toy cars come to die. Fall in all its beauty is dying too. I sit outside with the baby girl in her socks and me in the sneakers that aren’t quite on properly because we rushed outside to try and catch some of the late afternoon...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 26, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids
How heavy a baby is. How that tiny, new human being can cripple a back with endless nights of swaying and leaning and crouching over a crib to listen to her breathe. They could have mentioned the ache you’d feel at the pit of your heart when she smiles or burps...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 24, 2011 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, Raising Boys
The boys know our block well and, like homing pigeons, once we hit it they fly the rest of the way. I see their new khaki pants patched etched against the sky – smudges of speed and delight at the sound of their own hammering feet and hearts and breath racing...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 20, 2011 | Blogging, Faith
It’s an itch. That desperate need to keep desperately checking email, twitter, Facebook. And if there’s no new news, I can scratch myself raw with all the clicking over and looking and wondering why no one’s noticing. It’s the itch that gets no real satisfaction...
