by Lisa-Jo | May 20, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
So there’s this mom I know. Her husband flat out left her to raise those kids alone. And she cried every day they were getting home and off the bus that she wasn’t there to see. She leans over her keyboard and tells me with these bright eyes green with tears, “I know...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 18, 2014 | Motherhood, Raising Boys
He ran next to me the whole time. And I was ashamed I couldn’t run as fast as him. He’s eight and I’ll be 40 this August. And I watched him choose. He could have run fast and far up ahead where his friends were, where the best times were, where the winners were. But...
by Lisa-Jo | May 11, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, surprised by motherhood
You were 42 when you died. I am 39 and painfully aware for the first time how young you were. Young enough to love Bruce Springsteen and dancing with Dad in the living room or out on the driveway as you waved us off to school. It’s frozen in my memory. The outline of...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 7, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, surprised by motherhood, Take Action
Between Valentine’s Day and (now nearly) Mother’s Day this blog community has raised $32,384 toward a community center in South Africa!! Yup, you read that right: $32,384! That’s $5,000 for a sustainable, community vegetable garden. That’s...
by Lisa-Jo | May 5, 2014 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood
I heard it all over Facebook and Twitter and in phone calls last year. The disappointment. The flowers that didn’t come, the cards that were forgotten, the breakfast that was a disaster and that you had to clean up while everyone else was watching TV. The house...
by Lisa-Jo | May 1, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
What I didn’t expect was how the book would change my perspective towards other mothers. I have always tried to be polite when I see another mother out in public struggling, but the book reminded me that we are all in this together. Whether our kids are 8 days...
