by Lisa-Jo | Sep 17, 2013 | Faith, Girlfriends
I’m packing my suitcase and I wish I could also pack in three extra months of cutting out carbs and sugar and bread – which basically means giving up all my favorite foods. I’m packing the jeans that aren’t the size I wish they were and the...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 10, 2013 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
My tiny human, my gorgeous darling, my little one – you are a girl. You are our first girl and I will never stop celebrating it. You are a gorgeous, dimpled, delicious, just-two-year-old baby girl. And my darling, there’s some stuff that comes with being a girl that I...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 21, 2013 | Faith, Just plain hard
Like you all, I can’t stop thinking about Oklahoma today. You can join some of the prayers being shared from there over here. It made me think about this post I wrote in the dark when Hurricane Sandy headed our way. I’m reading it again today. So I sit in...
by Lisa-Jo | May 20, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family
Contentment is a delicate bubble, isn’t it? We sit out on her back porch watching the kids play with soapy bubbles and the playground blinking through the trees in the background. It’s my favorite time of day, the sun waning and hints of fireflies flirting...
by Lisa-Jo | May 14, 2013 | Daughters, Faith, Giveaways
Nothing has made me more aware of my relationship with my body than having a daughter. I want to be the mom in the mirror my daughter will look up to; I want us both to grow comfortable in our own skins and for that reason I’m so grateful for the tools, stories, and...
by Lisa-Jo | May 8, 2013 | Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
There are those who say that this is ordinary. But don’t let that fool you. “Mother” will always be the bravest, least ordinary, most difficult and utterly challenging career that anyone ever hopes to lay claim to. While others might hear, “diaper-changer, food-maker,...
