by Lisa-Jo | Oct 10, 2016 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood
As a full time working mom of three kids 11 and under I’ve basically been stretched too thin for a decade. And I’ve lost track of how many weeks have ended with desperate calls to my husband to tell him that I just can’t take it anymore! The thing...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 6, 2016 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood, No more mom guilt
I’ve always worked full time. Sometimes outside of the home and more recently from home. Some seasons have been easier than others. Some have been very, very hard. One of my most read posts on this blog is the one I wrote called, Grace For the Working Mother and...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 3, 2016 | Cheering for you, It Gets Better, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom
It’s been a year now since we first started talking about what it would look like if I took one of the kids with me when I travel. I don’t travel a lot. But more than I expected. I get to go and encourage other moms. Yes, I get to. I remind myself, it’s always a gift....
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 6, 2016 | Cheering for you, It Gets Better, Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Rabid fear of parenting
My friend Anna is currently in the most intense season of motherhood. Babies and toddlers. When she writes sometimes I have newborn PTSD remembering. But I also remember how intense the closeness of the Holy Spirit was in those years. How fine the line between heaven...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 28, 2016 | (in)courage, Cheering for you
I have a son who calls himself names. As his mother it’s excruciating to hear. It takes my breath away to listen to how he talks to himself. Anytime he makes a mistake or a bad decision or can’t seem to get his shoelaces untied from their tangle of knots I’ll hear him...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 27, 2016 | Cheering for you, Rabid fear of parenting
My friend, Kate Motaung, feels like a sister even though we’ve never met in person. She’s married to a South African and they live in Michigan. I’m married to a Michigander and for years we lived in South Africa. She gets what it’s like to live...