by Lisa-Jo | Apr 9, 2013 | Blogging, Callings, Girlfriends, Giveaways
I met her in a hotel lobby at the MOPS Convention. We walked and talked between fetching bags and sorting out check-ins and standing stranded between hundreds of people pouring out our stories as quick as our stumbling tongues could get to them. Some women are your...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 26, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Blogging, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Last night the only thing that stood between me and the desire to lock my children in their bedroom indefinitely was a heaping bowl of chocolate ice cream with sprinkles AND chocolate sauce. The kind that gets hard and crackly when you put it on the ice cream. They...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 12, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends, Marriage, Motherhood
This one’s for Natalie. Who wrote to me after yesterday’s post. The one about how there’s no such thing as perfect people. But maybe it’s for you too? She reminded me how hard it is to crack open the doors of our lives to other people, not just...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 11, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 13, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Giveaways, Motherhood
UPDATED: The three lovely winners of a copy each of Sparkly Green Earrings are: commenters 153 Missy, 161 Elspeth, and 89 Jenny Trask. Emails with details headed your way! It’s good to have friends who remind you how funny motherhood is. Beautiful,...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 14, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Girlfriends
Last year I spent most of the weekend of April 27th crying. When I wasn’t crying I was grinning ear to ear. It was our first ever attempt to gather women and (in)courage readers from across the globe together in real life. Nearly 2,000 sisters in Christ showed...