by Lisa-Jo | Sep 9, 2016 | (in)courage, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
It’s noon and I’m jumping in the car to go grab a spur-of-the-moment donut. Boston Cream. Every time. And I get a text message from a new friend. I’m in the drive-thru when I hear her voice pop up in my head and on my phone and she wants to know what I’m...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 1, 2016 | Motherhood, No more mom guilt
My oldest will turn eleven this year. So basically, I’ve been tired for a decade. Stacey Thacker is that friend and that voice in my head telling me I’m going to be okay. And her book is your permission slip to stop feeling like you have to be all things to all people...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 12, 2016 | It Gets Better, Love the body you've got, Motherhood
If you’re a mom then at some point you’ve had to deal with a diaper blowout in public. But the story I read by Jordan Watts about what happened to them in a Chick-Fil-A bathroom is like the apocalypse meets a kid’s upset stomach. There really are no...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 26, 2016 | Motherhood, Travel
I’ve lived most of my life as a third-culture kid. Basically, stranded in between countries and cultures. It’s been both the best and the worst of times. As a mom now, though, it’s a gift I hope I can pass on to my kids. To see the world from a...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 6, 2016 | Cheering for you, It Gets Better, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting
My friend Anna is currently in the most intense season of motherhood. Babies and toddlers. When she writes sometimes I have newborn PTSD remembering. But I also remember how intense the closeness of the Holy Spirit was in those years. How fine the line between heaven...
by Lisa-Jo | May 23, 2016 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
The thing is, we wonder all the time if we’re doing this motherhood thing right. Every night once the kids are in bed I try to ignore the annoying voice in my head that screeches through the list of things I should have done better. Every night. I can’t...
