by Lisa-Jo | Sep 5, 2011 | Callings, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
The lovers in movies kiss in shades of intimate sunset. Wind and light and time stand still for them. Their moments are filled with space to breathe and exhale and savor. They hold hands. They look long and deep into the insides of each other’s eyes to interpret what...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 22, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
Jackson didn’t invite the mean boy in his class to his birthday party. He wanted to. He took the invitation to school. He put it in the boy’s cubby. But when I came to pick him up later the white envelope and “Come Kick with me at my Tae Kwon...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 10, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood, Travel
We’re talking about beauty this week. And as I sit and watch my oldest-about-to-turn-six-year-old son at Tae Kwon Do all lean and long, lithe graceful limbs – this strong, man of a boy – an image of him as a newborn superimposes itself on the Jackson I see before me....
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 4, 2011 | Family, Kids, Raising Boys
I’m home. I’m full. And even though it was 4am when I finally stumbled tired suitcase in the door of our little white house to find that sleeping baby girl and wrap myself around her, I made it home and that’s all that matters. Travel is fun and...
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by Lisa-Jo | Jul 11, 2011 | Inbetween, Kids, South Africa, Travel
My dad bounces along with Jackson on the back of an open Land rover. We’ve spent the day with elephants, meerkats, cheetahs and an assortment of snakes. The wind blows our chapped cheeks in this dry winter sunshine and our hair will be hard to untangle tonight. We are...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 4, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, South Africa, Travel
He’s wearing his red pajamas with the puppy print and chasing the dog from room to room as determinedly as the dog chases her own tail. As if by the sheer volume of his voice and desperate pitch of his pleading she will condescend to sit next to him for more than five...
