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by Lisa-Jo | May 11, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
The bacon sizzles hot and fat in the pan. The microwave sings alongside and dust motes dance in the sun along my window frames. Me and the house exhale loudly. The morning tornado of boys has been safely delivered to preschool, the baby is sleeping and other than...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 5, 2011 | Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
It’s late. Only 9pm. But so late. The night shift will soon begin and the day shift with bathtimes and teeth brushing battles has only just begun to wind down. I slink away for a bit to steal some quiet and maybe some few moments of sleep in between shifts. But...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 18, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Kids, Motherhood, Uncategorized
To walk into the high top, past the three rings and the fire breather, between the clowns and the jugglers to face lions is no easy task. But we are called to it. Mothers. We are called to tame lions. And while I don’t know much, I am learning that it is...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 14, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Kids, Raising Boys
I stand at the sink and peel potatoes I feel the hard grit and sand under my nails and the hot water washing over my hands. I peel and watch the skin skein back and the white flesh of the bulb appear. I peel and I hear my son from his back bedroom. He is a tornado of...
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by Lisa-Jo | Apr 12, 2011 | Blogging, Family, Giveaways, Kids, Motherhood
Today was a real “don’t make me come up there” kind of day. For starters, I forgot that the air conditioner repair guys were scheduled to arrive at 8am. And 8am comes real early when one has only slept in 3 hour shifts, the last one ending at 7am. So...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 6, 2011 | Blogging, Kids, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
Some days you just put one foot in front of the other. You don’t run, you simply walk, and it’s brave even when it might not look that way from the outside. Some days you take a newborn to your dentist appointment and when she starts to cry you just smile and tell...
