by Lisa-Jo | Apr 24, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Ordinary Glory
Most of my days look the same as the day before. And I wonder what to write about because, really, there’s nothing new. The alarm goes off at 7:20 and I go into Micah’s room to rub his back and try to bring him awake on the right side of the bed. Jackson gropes for...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 17, 2014 | Daughters, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
I was the only daughter amidst brothers. I have two sons. And now a brand new daughter. Boys and all their rough and tumble ways are comfortable to me. No matter how many times folks on the out-and-about comment on their energy level or what a handful they must be, I...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 14, 2014 | Daughters, Freebies, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
My dad used to bring my mom tea in bed every morning that I remember. Hot, sweet tea. Milk and sugar. He brought it in her favorite delicate pink Spode tea cup and saucer. She liked to sleep in. He was always up early. And after he’d spent time in his study with...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 9, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
I’ve learned three things about motherhood in the last nine years. Motherhood is hard. Motherhood is glorious. And motherhood is very hard. Nothing. Nothing can properly capture a window into a mother’s world. So much magic, so much mundane, so much...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 3, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, surprised by motherhood
Here’s to the mothers. Here’s to the boo-boo kissers. Here’s to the get up and warm the milk at 2am women. You are braver than you know. You make the music that makes the life that gives the rhythm to the day in and out and in again. Courageous. You deliver babies by...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 1, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, surprised by motherhood
It was not something I ever imagined doing. Writing a book. Or becoming a mother. And yet today I woke up to three very loud kids and a book that is launching out into the world. It seems there’s never a day when it doesn’t surprise me. You venture out...
