by Lisa-Jo | May 6, 2016 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting
Here’s to the mothers. Here’s to the boo-boo kissers. Here’s to the get up and warm the milk at 2am women. You are braver than you know. You make the music that makes the life that gives the rhythm to the day in and out and in again. Courageous. You deliver babies by...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 27, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, motherless daughter
As we get closer to Mother’s Day my heart always aches for those of us who grew up the motherless daughters and are now the motherless mothers. I know how this season can hurt. How it can dredge up all the memories we never got to make with our mothers. I also...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2015 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
I’m a ten-year-old mother this year. The hubs and I each have a mother we love, cherish and that our kids, our laundry and the inside of our fridge all wish lived closer. So when I started thinking about Mother’s Day, I thought about what we’d love....
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 1, 2015 | Cheering for you, surprised by motherhood
It’s one year today, since my book, Surprised by Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected About Being a Mom was released! Yes, it came out on April Fool’s Day because OF COURSE. It’s like my book baby is now a toddler. And since I learned from last...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 14, 2014 | Daughters, Freebies, Motherhood, surprised by motherhood
My dad used to bring my mom tea in bed every morning that I remember. Hot, sweet tea. Milk and sugar. He brought it in her favorite delicate pink Spode tea cup and saucer. She liked to sleep in. He was always up early. And after he’d spent time in his study with...
