by Lisa-Jo | May 12, 2015 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
In January I flew out to Colorado to do an interview with Focus on the Family. I was super nervous. And if you’re subscribed to my email newsletters you already heard my behind-the-scenes update about the awesome way my body decided to process that anxiety...
by Lisa-Jo | May 8, 2015 | Motherhood, motherless daughter, No such thing as just a mom
I believe that if we only have the eyes to see we will surely find ourselves surrounded by a whole tribe of mothers (related to us or not) who are cheering us on. Apart from my mom, who died a week to the day after I turned 18, these are the five women who have...
by Lisa-Jo | May 5, 2015 | Cheering for you, Daughters, Motherhood, No more mom guilt, No such thing as just a mom, Ordinary Glory
It was late last night. After we’d all be for a run around the block. After I’d made dinner. After we’d helped everyone through their homework. After the boys had showered and Jackson had done his reading next to me. It was when both boys were...
by Lisa-Jo | May 2, 2015 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
I believe that we are all of us are called to mother another. We mother the world that shows up at our doorstep whether we call it mothering or not. We mother whether we’re married or we’ve ever borne down in the battle cry of birth. We mother because we’re called to...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 27, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, motherless daughter
As we get closer to Mother’s Day my heart always aches for those of us who grew up the motherless daughters and are now the motherless mothers. I know how this season can hurt. How it can dredge up all the memories we never got to make with our mothers. I also...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 23, 2015 | Books you should read, Motherhood
I love books. Books are my friends. Books have been home to me in between countries and time zones and in seasons of loneliness and homesickness I can open a book to a familiar passage and it’s like coming home. Yea, I’m one of those people who loves to...
