by Lisa-Jo | May 6, 2016 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting
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 19, 2016 | Books you should read, Daughters, Motherhood
She is a fierce little mama. Every night before she puts on her own jammies she changes her baby into a onesie and tucks her in just so. And in the mornings when I’m calling for her, pouring her cereal and wondering where she is she can be found deciding on an...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 18, 2016 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting, Raising Boys
I watched you win gold last night. I didn’t think you would. I’m going to cry as I remember this. But I’m going to write it down because some photographs are better captured in words. They’re the kind I need to properly see how you looked when you crossed that finish...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 17, 2016 | Books you should read, Faith is Hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
Have you ever wanted to run away from home – as a mom? Addie Zierman has. And she did. This is what happened. The winter that I drove down to Florida alone with my two-and four-year-old sons was the one of the coldest on record. The polar vortex was arcing down,...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 28, 2016 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood, No more mom guilt
There are 4 things you may or may not know about me: I’m South African, but my accent these days is mostly just confused. Unless I’m using words like, tawlk or cahn’t. My husband married me knowing I emphatically did not want to be a mom. Sixteen years later we have 3...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 20, 2016 | Cheering for you, Daughters, Faith, Girlfriends, Love the body you've got, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
When the news turns dark, when I have a hard time believing my pastor, and all I want to do is switch between hot baths and my cosy bed, it’s the stories of what women are capable of right there in the middle of the darkness that I need. The stories that take...
