by Lisa-Jo | Oct 8, 2010 | Family, Kids, Raising Boys
I watch you, Jackson. I watch you watching your dad. I watch you growing up and into him, crawling underneath his skin. I see how you yearn to know more and more of him and how you would sleep legs slung over him every night if he’d let you. Watching you I learn...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 4, 2010 | Family, Motherhood, Raising Boys
I grew up on movies. My mom came out of a theater background and both my brothers ended up going into the film industry. Movies and the stories that they offer about humanity and its constant battle to overcome its fallen nature are often how I process the world. I...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 1, 2010 | Kids, Raising Boys
“Mama has a baby in her tummy, I have a baby doggie in my tummy and Jackson has a baby super hero in his tummy.” “My tummy hurts – the baby doggy in my tummy is really kicking me.” On explaining to Jackson that “ma’am”...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 9, 2010 | Faith, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
There’s a question I keep turning over and over in my mind. For weeks now I have held it in my hands. I flip it over, I turn it this way and that, I rub away at its edges. I feel it growing smoother and more well worn with time. Like the pebble stuck in a shoe. It is...
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by Lisa-Jo | Jul 30, 2010 | Family, Kids, MOB, Raising Boys
Tucked between the layers of sand, dirt, mud, and sweat. Hidden deep down where he might forget, but you never would. Stashed in the corners of a conversation dominated by a whole lot of “no.” Jammed into his gym bag, under sweaty T-shirts and knee pads....
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 20, 2010 | Family, Kids, Raising Boys
Unattended two-and-a-half year olds will climb couches in the church foyer when your back is turned and grab onto the fire alarm for leverage. The alarm will ring a long, loud time. The Pastor you were shaking hands with minutes before will flee to get the...
