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by Lisa-Jo | May 2, 2011 | Faith, Family, South Africa, Travel
I sit and rock my baby girl. She coos and looks up at me and I’m her whole word. I wrap arms around her and right there in my embrace is everything that is fragile and strong and beautiful about being alive. The tenderness and the courage of being connected. And it’s...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 25, 2011 | Blogging, Faith, Motherhood
Motherhood is the sacred ground. And sometimes it’s not enough to just take off our shoes. Sometimes we lay face down in the dirt of our own endeavors and weep to the God who gave our children to us. The same God who also takes them away. It’s sacred when...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 20, 2011 | Blogging, Callings, Faith, Motherhood
Every time my fingers get itchy for a keyboard lately, it’s all mama hormones that seem to come pouring out. For obvious reasons. There is, after all, a one-month-old who’s moved in, twinkled and be-dazzled our testosterone heavy household. But there are...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 18, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Kids, Motherhood, Uncategorized
To walk into the high top, past the three rings and the fire breather, between the clowns and the jugglers to face lions is no easy task. But we are called to it. Mothers. We are called to tame lions. And while I don’t know much, I am learning that it is...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 14, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Kids, Raising Boys
I stand at the sink and peel potatoes I feel the hard grit and sand under my nails and the hot water washing over my hands. I peel and watch the skin skein back and the white flesh of the bulb appear. I peel and I hear my son from his back bedroom. He is a tornado of...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 18, 2011 | Blogging, Faith, Five Minute Friday, Giveaways, Kids, Motherhood
This is the place where once a week we take the chance to just write, and not worry if it’s just right or not. For five minutes flat. Here’s how the game works: you simply stop, drop and write. Set your words free. Don’t edit them, don’t fret...
