Lisa-Jo Baker -

08 May 2013

A Mighty Mom Video and Printable

in Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

You are Mighty Because You Mother via lisajobaker.com

There are those who say that this is ordinary. But don’t let that fool you. “Mother” will always be the bravest, least ordinary, most difficult and utterly challenging career that anyone ever hopes to lay claim to. While others might hear, “diaper-changer, food-maker, car-pooler, bottle-washer, laundry-doer, sweat pants-wearer, life-on-hold” wanna be doing anything else woman, the Truth, whether it feels like it some days or not, is that you are in fact a shelter from the storm.You are a Cape keep reading…

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03 May 2013

Five Minute Friday: Brave

in Five Minute Friday

Come write brave with us. <–Click to Tweet this This is where a brave and beautiful bunch gather every week to find out what comes out when we all spend five minutes writing on the same topic and then sharing ‘em over here. And I can’t stop watching this video. This new one from Sara Bareilles – an anthem to the brave girls, the beloved daughters, the minivan driving moms that they will grow up to be. Have you seen keep reading…

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01 May 2013

You are mighty, because you mother {A Mother’s Day video}

in Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood

A while back a production company contacted me to ask if they could turn a post I wrote into a short Mother’s Day video. I said yes. Because, of course. Awesomeness. And this month of remembering, recognizing, celebrating and thanking mothers, friends may you be reminded that there is nothing ordinary about what you do. You are mighty, because you mother. {If you’re reading via email, here’s the link to the video. I promise it’s worth clicking through.} And yes, keep reading…

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26 Apr 2013

Five Minute Friday: Friend

in Five Minute Friday

There are women who hold my heart. Because they hold it tenderly. They hold it like a treasure. They hold it with lots of trust wrapped up like so much fine, pink tissue paper. Today we are all telling our stories about what it feels like to trust a friend. And not trust a friend. It’s a project I’ve been working on for nearly a year now. You’re invited. Just as you are. It’s a free webcast showing four different keep reading…

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25 Apr 2013

The safe place that every woman needs

in (in)courage, (in)RL, Cheering for you, Girlfriends

This is for the hurt women. The wish-they-had-sisters women. The why-wasn’t-I-invited women. This is for the girlfriends and heart friends and long distance friends and miss-my-friends friends. This is for the women who love long afternoons catching up and slow Saturdays on the sofa splitting the last brownie, the first story, the hard memory. This is for the sisterhood, the motherhood, the neighborhood, the misunderstood. This is for the places that got broken by the friends who wouldn’t forgive, couldn’t keep reading…

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