by Lisa-Jo | Nov 12, 2014 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
So I don’t typically write about porn around here. OK, I don’t write about porn ever. Period. Much wiser women and men have addressed it and I’m not particularly keen on the idea of stepping into a big ol’ anthill of opinions. But when...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 6, 2014 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
I’ve officially lost track of the number of women who email me or come up to talk to me at conferences about their worry that motherhood means they’re missing out on following all the “big” things they see other women doing online....
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 3, 2014 | Motherhood
I’m not sure why parent-teacher conferences intimidate me so much. I just know that they do. It’s like all my memories from 12 years of school all mush down into this lump of insecurity in my tummy and I have to haul it into the minivan and down the road...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 30, 2014 | Daughters, Love the body you've got, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
There are books and blog posts and news articles that I comb through in the dark hours while my daughter sleeps. And they say that girls need to hear that they are brave and strong and capable. That their bodies are useful more than they are beautiful. I don’t...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 28, 2014 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
People often ask me how I “do it all” – book writing and blogging and kids and marriage and full time work and community and conferences and figuring out new ways to make chicken. Here’s the obvious truth: I don’t. And what I do manage...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 22, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory, The ordinary extraordinary
We all want a hero. I grew up on a diet of popcorn and stories and the days my mom took me out of school to go to the movies were the ones I learned to fly. Stories are still my safe place. We all want a hero to stand on a stage or a white horse or a battlefield or a...
