by Lisa-Jo | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
By this time last year, I’d gained a little holiday weight already. Several pounds of dissatisfaction had settled onto the hips of my heart. This time of year there are so many rich lies about what you need to fill you up. The holiday season seems to be a...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
I cry every time I read birth stories. Even the stories of total strangers. I’ll be sitting in a Panera eating baked potato soup and trying to unobtrusively wipe away my trails of mascara because I can’t take my eyes off the achingly beautiful descriptions of how life...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 25, 2015 | Ordinary Glory, Our First House, Uncategorized
I have so many thing to tell you I don’t know where to begin. Sometimes your head can be full of words but your body is full of aches and pains from a week and a half worth of packing boxes and moving. So while your head really, really wants to share all that...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 5, 2015 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting, surprised by motherhood, Uncategorized
Before we got married, I told my husband that I didn’t plan to have children. I may not have put it quite as politely as that. But I was carrying around a gut wound of leftover childhood junk, and it had convinced me that I’d rather run far away than have kids. It was...
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 27, 2015 | No such thing as just a mom, South Africa, Take Action, Uncategorized
You guys, some days you’re sitting in Panera trying to pick out a new pair of leggings for your daughter online and scrolling through the fun updates about The Dress – when you get a message from a friend in South Africa. And she shares a photo that was...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
On Friday’s we silence the inner critic. The loudest of all naysayers. And on Fridays we remind ourselves that The Word is for us and loves us and welcomes us. Your words are safe here. So come and write with us. Together. On one word for five minutes. Here are...
