by Lisa-Jo | Oct 5, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family
All the dishes get done even if all the laundry doesn’t. I wipe down that table top that wobbles on four legs that have been loosely unhinged ever since we had boys. Paper towel and hand smooth over the old paint splotches that won’t come off and the scratches that no...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 29, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I want my kids to know me. Not some perfect version of me. And not just the mommy side either. I want them to know how much I loved books and what a great kisser I thought their dad was. I want them to know that like my mom before me, a favorite thing to do was curl...
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by Lisa-Jo | Sep 23, 2011 | Blogging, Family, Five Minute Friday
We write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write bold and beautiful and free. Unscripted and unedited. We just write without worrying if it’s just write or not. Won’t you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no...
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by Lisa-Jo | Sep 13, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood
Fifteen years ago I stood in the same place I stood last night. I was 21 and about to fall for the Midwestern boy with the green eyes who was trying to steal third base. Spring on the Washington DC mall – it was a cherry blossom love story. I couldn’t have known. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 6, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
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...
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by Lisa-Jo | Aug 24, 2011 | Daughters, Faith, Family, Motherhood
One of my favorite things is learning from other moms. I can sit for hours soaking in their war stories and encouragement. Yesterday Christie shared about how to survive some of motherhood’s worst storms. Today, as Jackson and I gear up for our first year of...
