by Lisa-Jo | Mar 6, 2013 | Love me my man, Marriage
I told him not to buy me anything for Valentine’s this year. Just to write me a love letter. He liked the idea but his schedule was uncooperative. That was a month ago. This morning I stumble into the bathroom pre-contact lenses and peer at an envelope that seems to...
by Lisa-Jo | May 8, 2012 | Freebies, Marriage
I’ve been a mom now for six and a half years. There was a while there that I didn’t think I was going to make it. I was tired, run down and couldn’t figure out why it seemed so easy for everyone else. I was certain I was failing motherhood any time...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 28, 2012 | Family, Love me my man, Marriage
I told him not to buy me anything for Valentine’s this year. Just to write me a love letter. He liked the idea but his schedule was uncooperative. That was a month ago. This morning I stumble into the bathroom pre-contact lenses and peer at an envelope that seems to...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 1, 2012 | Family, Kids, Marriage
Give me a man who’s there at midnight when the mercury pushes over 100. Give me a man who isn’t afraid of croup and will sit in the bathroom for long steamy shifts with the shivering, hacking boy as they both breathe in the healing steam of the shower....
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 10, 2011 | Family, Marriage
I only hear him leaving because his youngest son hears him first. Hears his dad tip toeing quietly out at 5am so as not to wake the baby that finally fell back asleep at 4:30. The son I didn’t even realize was in the room. The son tucked into a blanket on the floor by...
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by Lisa-Jo | Oct 17, 2011 | Blogging, Callings, Family, Marriage
Have you heard of the Nester’s 31 Days series? She’s done it for three years now each October. This year over 700 people are participating. I know, right? I am not one of them. I wasn’t brave enough to commit to 31 days of posts in a row. But today...
