Surprised by Motherhood Book Club Schedule – A Back-to-School Breather for all the Weary Mamas

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 5, 2014 | Book Club, Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting, surprised by motherhood

Our Surprised by Motherhood Book Club starts this Monday September 8th. Everyone welcome! Get your book: If you haven’t already, make sure you pick up a copy of the book. It’s a steal on Amazon over here. And if you order here through DaySpring you can get...

What to Tell that Kid Who Is Pushing All Your Buttons

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 4, 2014 | Book Club, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting, surprised by motherhood

There is nothing you can do, nothing you can say, nothing you can throw up, spit up, shout up that will make me love you less. There is nothing you can do wrong and nothing you can do right that will make me love you more. I love you as is. Period. Full stop. I love...

For the woman who never wanted to be a mother and the mothers who sometimes wish they could get a refund

by Lisa-Jo | Aug 29, 2014 | Book Club, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting, surprised by motherhood

You might not have grown up thinking you wanted to be a mom. I know I didn’t. You might have dodged clichés like barefoot and pregnant as wild as any schoolboy dodges bruises and humiliation in the helter skelter of dodge ball. You might have prayed desperate...

The parenting books were wrong (and other good news for moms)

by Lisa-Jo | Aug 6, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom

When the mother of one small child turns her tired eyes my way and says, “I don’t know how you do it with four. I can hardly handle one,” I know she has not yet learned something important. There is no mathematics of motherhood. Or, if there is, it is some higher...

7 Reasons every woman should love her body {plus a giveaway}

by Lisa-Jo | Jul 1, 2014 | Cheering for you, Giveaways, Love the body you've got, Motherhood

My friend Emily Wierenga teaches us not only how important it is as women and mothers to love our bodies, but why it’s so important. I love how she sees beauty. I love her story of how she found beauty in her own body and in her journey. I’m so glad to be...

A prayer for all the weary Thursday mothers

by Lisa-Jo | Jun 26, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood

May today be its own unique story. May we remember that these kids aren’t an interruption, a distraction or a nuisance. May we open our eyes to this morning and remember that the two sleepy heads crawling into our bed are a gift. May we wash out bottles and fill...