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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 22, 2016 | Cheering for you, Faith is Hard, Family, Holidays
I’ve been the community manager at the website (in)courage for six years now. That means six years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, being in small groups of women and large groups of women. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 26, 2016 | Can't Buy Me Love, Daughters, Family, motherless daughter, Uncategorized
)) Here it is. 42. I made it to my mom’s age. What an astounding thing to be able to look around the world through eyes that have now seen as much as hers did. And I can testify with her that God is good. And while life can feel broken and hard, I will never...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 23, 2016 | Family, It Gets Better, Rabid fear of parenting
There will be days you will question everything you believe. There will be days you will be so tired it’s too hard to make the bed. Just getting out of it will have to be enough. There will be days you will wonder why no one told you that they loved you today. There...
by Lisa-Jo | May 4, 2016 | Family, Inbetween, Just plain hard, South Africa
I dropped my aunt and uncle off at the airport on Tuesday and then cried so hard as I drove away that I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep the car pointed in the right direction. I was completely stunned by my own mascara streaked face in the rear view...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 28, 2016 | Faith, Family, No such thing as just a mom
I’ve heard the whispers. The rumblings. The women who pull me aside to share with shy and embarrassed eyes this worry that what you do doesn’t count because you do it at 2am when no one is looking except the baby who’s throwing up. Again. Or because what you do...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 7, 2016 | Family, Ordinary Glory
Often in blogging, as in life, we tend to think that if we don’t have something profound to say then it isn’t worth saying anything. I don’t know about you, but I battle that thought constantly. As in all. the. time. But my life isn’t...
