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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 1, 2010 | Callings, Family, Motherhood
My mom was a terrible cook. I mean, just awful. Most of my meal-related memories involve her dashing from the bedroom where she’d got caught up in a book and shrieking in horror at boiled over veggies, burnt potatoes or overdone everything. She’d turn off...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 28, 2010 | Faith, Family, Motherhood
God knits babies together in the secret dark. Small wonder that to get a glimpse into their world we need to go into darkened rooms lit only by a flickering screen to read what we can of who they are becoming. But He already knows. He already delights. He has already...
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by Lisa-Jo | Oct 28, 2010 | Family, Raising Boys
Every year. Like clock work.
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 27, 2010 | Family, Motherhood, Raising Boys
As I write this my boys are not in bed sleeping. They are not tucked in and staying put. They are not obeying. They are not even pretending to be obeying. They are hurling mini missiles at my bedroom door. I am hiding in here and counting down the minutes till I feel...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 15, 2010 | Family, Raising Boys
To me, there’s nothing more remarkable than getting to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Sometimes we may be under the impression that we have to go all the way to Guatemala to do so. Or across the street to the neighborhood food pantry. Or to...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 8, 2010 | Family, Kids, Raising Boys
I watch you, Jackson. I watch you watching your dad. I watch you growing up and into him, crawling underneath his skin. I see how you yearn to know more and more of him and how you would sleep legs slung over him every night if he’d let you. Watching you I learn...
