by Lisa-Jo | Nov 27, 2012 | Christmas, Family, South Africa
Christmas in South Africa was always hot. Kids gathered around the tree, sunburns still stinging. “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” pounding hopefully out over the radio. Our tree was always a live one and the years we gathered at Ouma and...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 8, 2012 | Cheering for you, Faith, Girlfriends, Motherhood, South Africa, Travel
I slipped out of my mommy skin tonight. For three stolen hours I remembered who I am apart from the small hands that pull on me and the high pitched voices that only know me as mommy and not as Lisa-Jo. I sat in a dark theater and exhaled the Destin and diaper changes...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 27, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, South Africa
It’s #FiveMinuteFriday free write time! <—click to tweet this! Where a flash mob of folks spend five minutes all writing on the same topic and then share ’em over here. Want to know how Five Minute Friday got started and how to participate? All...
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...
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by Lisa-Jo | Apr 13, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, South Africa, The hard good stuff, Travel
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We set a timer, throw caution to the winds and try to remember what it was like to just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Want to play Five Minute Friday? It’s easy peasy! 1. Write for...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 9, 2012 | Family, Inbetween, Kids, South Africa, Travel
We are the sum total of our stories. So when we sit down at the computer and open a vein we offer life to someone else. We pour out what we’ve learned or failed to learn as a lifeline to someone else. We offer our stories across computer screens,...
