by Lisa-Jo | Mar 12, 2012 | (in)RL, Faith, Girlfriends
They asked me to speak at our church’s monthly women’s breakfast. I had no idea what to say or where to begin. All I could think of is my long list of things I get wrong. On repeat. I’m not afraid of this list. I’m not embarrassed by it. I don’t feel the need to hide...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 20, 2012 | Girlfriends, Motherhood
The last of my three kids will turn one next month. I didn’t expect I would be this sad or this gut-busting happy at every change in her either. There’s nothing like the baby year and the friends who encourage you through it. This is my sleep-deprived and...
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by Lisa-Jo | Feb 17, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Girlfriends
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we want to, not because we have to. We write for fun, for joy, for discovery at how much creativity is crammed in our heads and even if we just unlock if for five minutes it can paint the world in...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 15, 2012 | (in)courage, Faith, Girlfriends, Inbetween
Two years ago I sat on a park bench eating orange sherbert ice cream and telling Holley all these dreams that were crammed so tight inside my heart I could hardly breathe for fear of splitting down the middle. I told her about my sleepless nights. I told her about the...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 2, 2012 | (in)RL, Blogging, Girlfriends
So I’m leading this thing I’m really excited about called (in) real life or (in)RL for snazzy short. And I’m loving it, and I’m feeling the love connected to all these awesome women from all over the world when God asks me in that whispery/naggy voice that shows up in...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 1, 2012 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Blogging, Girlfriends
For a long time I felt like a pitcher. Full to the brim. But with nowhere and no one to pour out into. I would wake up and get up and go to work and come home and make supper and love on my kids and my man and go to bed still feeling like my pitcher full hadn’t found...
