by Lisa-Jo | Mar 11, 2011 | Five Minute Friday, Marriage
It’s Friday. If you’ve got five minutes, I’m all ears. Here’s how the game works: you simply stop, drop and write for five minutes flat! Set your words free. Don’t edit them, don’t fret over them, don’t try to make them...
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by Lisa-Jo | Mar 9, 2011 | Kids, Marriage, Motherhood
I am hot and bothered and my tummy hurts from all the baby bits trying to bust out. And the coughing. There’s been a lot of coughing since I finally caught whatever my kids have been batting about between one another this winter. I caught it last week and this...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 3, 2011 | Marriage, Motherhood, Sweetstuff
At 36 weeks pregnant I finally signed up for the obligatory maternity tour. While this is our third child, this is also our third hospital, state, country – so we wanted to get a feel for the digs, you know? One kid was in preschool and one was with a friend, so...
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...
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by Lisa-Jo | Feb 14, 2011 | (in)courage, Marriage
My husband and I have been married 11 years. Eleven years, three continents, two kids, and thousands of frequent flyer miles. I’m South African and he’s American, but even when we’re both speaking English it has often felt like we’re speaking...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 2, 2011 | Faith, Marriage
When my husband grabs our sons amidst shrieks of delight and tackles them with love and outlandish wrestling maneuvers en route to bed my heart wants to jump out of my body and do the happy dance. He is their hero. I love that they get that. But he was mine first,...
