by Lisa-Jo | Mar 2, 2011 | Kids, Motherhood, Sweetstuff, Travel
There are tiger mothers who don’t write books or end up on best seller’s lists. There are tiger mothers who ferociously protect rather than (figuratively) eat their young. There are tiger mothers who rear up on hind legs and wrestle the world, its demons,...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 28, 2011 | Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
He sits over a bowl of chocolate ice cream. A big bowl. And I go generous on the chocolate syrup to sweeten the conversation. And between bites he starts to share. The story of the day that was too hard to tell in the preschool corridor spills out over tears and...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 23, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys, Uncategorized
Ninjas are very important in our house. It is impossible to over exaggerate this point. They loom large in the minds of my boys who spend hours flinging themselves off beds, leaping sofas, hiding behind doors, and rescuing me (whether I like it or not) from unseen...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 22, 2011 | Daughters, Kids, Marriage, Travel
Pete and I are 35 and still have never owned a house. We rent a quirky little home with a backyard that is at times better suited to bundu-bashing than games of baseball or catch. The carpets are stained with melted play-doh and mud has been tracked in irreversible...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 16, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I’m shrinking. On the outside I might be growing and swelling and stretching bellybutton flattened out over a watermelon stomach. But in much more important ways I am shrinking. My focus is narrowing and turning inwards. Inside the walls of this white washed...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 12, 2011 | Family, Kids, Motherhood
It’s late. Me and my computer are spending some quality time together. I get up to use the restroom for the – oh I lose track of the number of times. I pass a set of ten toes in the hallway. And a curly head. He’s sitting in the doorway reading by the light of the...
