by Lisa-Jo | Aug 27, 2012 | Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
Dear mom, I turned 38 yesterday. It rained. We had planned for family photos in the afternoon and instead we were soaked with the inevitable – families make plans and the heavens map their own course regardless. I had blow dried my hair for half an hour and in 8...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 14, 2012 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
Sometimes I’m tempted to turn all the comments you wise, wonderful and deeply funny women leave into a book. Seriously, you people are smart. And you write hugs that deserve to be passed on. So, today I give you my 50 favorite pieces of parenting advice for new...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 13, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 1, 2012 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
I’ll admit it. I cry in commercials. I also cry in movie trailers. I can go from rational to weepy in like 0.3 seconds. It comes with the hormones I think. And this Olympics – this time around as a mother to three with both sons full on living, breathing, swimming...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 12, 2012 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Kids, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
In the last week alone I have ordered food from the McDonald’s drive through window, paid for the food, and then driven off without it. I have taken the highway I can drive in my sleep in the wrong direction and had to go all the way to the airport to turn...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 9, 2012 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting, South Africa, Travel
Our family is off to the lake and the woods on vacation this week. Where there’s no Internet. So I’m sharing five of my favorite posts from the last couple years while I’m gone. I hope they’ll be favorites for you too. Wishing you watermelon...
