by Lisa-Jo | Nov 27, 2012 | Christmas, Family, South Africa
Christmas in South Africa was always hot. Kids gathered around the tree, sunburns still stinging. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” pounding hopefully out over the radio. Our tree was always a live one and the years we gathered at Ouma and...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 16, 2012 | Family, Five Minute Friday
This is what a flash mob of writers looks like! <–Click to Tweet this Where a beautiful crowd spends five minutes every Friday all writing on the same topic and then sharing ’em over here. How to Join: Want to know how Five Minute Friday got started and...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 30, 2012 | 31 days to write your story, Faith, Family
So I sit in the dark as Sandy rages outside and our family sleeps in one room tonight. I sit in the old white rocker listening to Zoe breathe and the winds howl and I know why we need your words. Even in a storm. Especially in a storm. Because if no one wrote it down...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 24, 2012 | Family, Giveaways, Motherhood
In which I introduce you to my favorite photographer and offer you a 15% discount on one of her sessions. I’m the mom who was terrified of having a daughter. For many reasons. One being I’d never be able to dress her properly. I’m the mom who...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 12, 2012 | Faith, Family
I’m getting older in all the best ways. I know who I am and don’t hide from it anymore. I’ve been away from home five days and coming back is like slipping into your most comfortable sweat pants and having someone hand you a cup of hot chocolate....
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 13, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
