by Lisa-Jo | Jul 6, 2010 | A year of "no", Callings, Faith, Inbetween
So, I know I’ve been blathering on rather obliquely over the last month. About feeling lost when you’re following the spiderweb of God’s will. About discovering life after coming out of a season of “no.” About learning not to be afraid of...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 1, 2010 | Callings, Faith, Inbetween
July. Hot sticky season of freedom. I love you. When I opened the windows this morning, you breezed in like an old friend. I have felt this happy to see you before. The year we melted with relief when the right job at the right time came through for Pete. That July...
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by Lisa-Jo | Jun 29, 2010 | Compassion, Faith, Inbetween, Travel
I’ve filled three passports with visa stamps since I got my first one. But my current travel document has been neglected of late. It’s been sitting in the top drawer of the bureau I inherited from my Oupa. The oak bureau that was already old before I was born. The one...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 28, 2010 | A thousand gifts, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
When I stand in church on Sunday mornings my arms are full of a boy who doesn’t realize that he is no longer a baby. Two and a half and I cherish his stubborn instance that he and I are still just one heart beating in two (barely) separate bodies. My arms are full of...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 24, 2010 | Faith, Family, South Africa, Travel
{I’m taking some time to share parts of the story that ended in our cross cultural marriage over the next few weeks. You can read part 1 here and part 2 over here to catch up.} We spent almost all of our first year together apart. This South African girl was...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 23, 2010 | Faith, Family, Marriage, South Africa, Travel
{This is part 2 of my story on our cross-cultural marriage. You can read part 1 here.} It was a cherry blossom romance. And it was unexpected. He was all-American and I was a long way from home. Twenty one and studying social justice in D.C., determined to make my...
