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by Lisa-Jo | Jul 23, 2010 | Faith, Family
…my children show me so. …my husband proves it so. …the tulips sing it so. …my journey shouts it so. OK, your turn. Subscribers – wanna click over to play along?
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 22, 2010 | (in)courage, Blogging, Callings, Faith
Can I ask you a hard question? Does blogging grow your joy? Not just does it bring you occasional joy, but does it grow your joy? Does it give or take away your peace, your sense of contentment and your view of yourself? Does it remind you that you are part of a...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 19, 2010 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, South Africa
Hey Mom, Has it really been 17 years? You won’t believe all the things that have happened the last decade and a half. Dad’s the biggest change. I was talking to him today and he and Wanda have taken in another baby. A little girl this time. She’s...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 15, 2010 | Callings, Faith
Ecclesiastes 3: A Time for Everything 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven … 7…a time to be silent and a time to speak. My mouth was doing a mile a minute. It was sprinting ’cause time was short, my baby was...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 13, 2010 | Faith, Family, Inbetween, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
I watched you–wild and fearless–in the water and saw the boy you are becoming. You laughed at the sprays, danced in the drops, gulped down a fire hydrant’s worth. I saw you at five. You have journeyed miles since four. I saw you at six, seven, eight...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 7, 2010 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
He comes to find me in the dark. Eyes squinted against my bedside lamp, he whispers, “Mama. Mama I gotta be by you.” Bad dreams and hot summer nights drive him out of his bed, down the hallway and into mine. And I, I who crave space like oxygen at the end...
