by Lisa-Jo | Mar 14, 2011 | Faith, Kids, Motherhood
His homing instinct keeps bringing him back to our bedroom. Back to the sliver of space between my clumsy belly and Pete’s back. To the tuck and curve of comfort that we don’t quite have it in us to give at the moment. And when we say no, when we escort him back to...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 23, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys, Uncategorized
Ninjas are very important in our house. It is impossible to over exaggerate this point. They loom large in the minds of my boys who spend hours flinging themselves off beds, leaping sofas, hiding behind doors, and rescuing me (whether I like it or not) from unseen...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 21, 2011 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood
When I was 17 we would travel the 45 minutes through from Pretoria to Johannesburg several times a week to go and see my mom. At the top of a tall tower of hospital rooms she waited for us. Like Rapunzel, but without the hair. Her room was warm and her walls covered...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 16, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I’m shrinking. On the outside I might be growing and swelling and stretching bellybutton flattened out over a watermelon stomach. But in much more important ways I am shrinking. My focus is narrowing and turning inwards. Inside the walls of this white washed...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 2, 2011 | Faith, Marriage
When my husband grabs our sons amidst shrieks of delight and tackles them with love and outlandish wrestling maneuvers en route to bed my heart wants to jump out of my body and do the happy dance. He is their hero. I love that they get that. But he was mine first,...
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by Lisa-Jo | Jan 26, 2011 | Callings, Daughters, Faith, Family, Motherhood
I have two sons. And in March I will have a daughter. I’m not sure I’m ready. But in these months of growing my belly, God has also been growing my heart. Part of that process has been Hilary. A 20-year-old student I had the privilege of mentoring. And...
