by Lisa-Jo | Nov 11, 2014 | Books you should read, Faith, Family
So here’s the thing – my kids are feisty. Like, they have BIG OPINIONS and they aren’t afraid to voice them. Out loud. Often in public. This is not embarrassing for me AT ALL. I have had children stand up in a crowded Panera and SING GRACE out loud...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 6, 2014 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
I’ve officially lost track of the number of women who email me or come up to talk to me at conferences about their worry that motherhood means they’re missing out on following all the “big” things they see other women doing online....
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 22, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory, The ordinary extraordinary
We all want a hero. I grew up on a diet of popcorn and stories and the days my mom took me out of school to go to the movies were the ones I learned to fly. Stories are still my safe place. We all want a hero to stand on a stage or a white horse or a battlefield or a...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 17, 2014 | Faith, Family, Motherhood
My friend Lori is raising six kids, a church and a safe place for hard questions in the ‘hood. I can’t get enough of her stories. By Lori Harris: At the end of the day, we pump our bruised and battered legs from the porch swing and watch the sky pull...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 2, 2014 | Daughters, Faith, motherless daughter, No such thing as just a mom
I knew a woman who was diagnosed with leukemia the year she turned 40. She died two years later. I turned 40 last week. And that woman was my mother. If I had two years left to live what would I do with them? If my days were numbered and my breath all counted out,...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 19, 2014 | Faith, Just plain hard
Sometimes the world looks so broken I think it’s a wonder we don’t bleed to death through all the cuts we get from its sharp edges. Especially the ones we don’t even know about. Bits of broken lives and jagged people and ugly choices and I just...
