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by Lisa-Jo | Mar 16, 2010 | Family, Kids, Raising Boys
Pete and I are 35 and still have never owned a house. We rent a quirky little home with a backyard that is at times better suited to bundu-bashing than games of baseball or catch. The carpets are stained with melted play-doh and mud has been tracked in irreversible...
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by Lisa-Jo | Mar 10, 2010 | Family, Marriage
I had an illuminating trip with Peter a couple weeks ago. This is Peter. He is my husband of 11 years and 2 baby boys. It started at 4:30 am with a taxi ride to the airport, followed by several sausage biscuits, cini-minis and a super size coca-cola. Disgusting? Yes....
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 25, 2010 | Family, Marriage
Love me a man who has some baseball-mitt sized hands. Love me a man who knows more about my homeland than I do. Love me a man who loves him our boys. Love me a man who sees heaven in a cinnabon, a Sunday afternoon nap, and me without my make up. OK, your...
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by Lisa-Jo | Feb 22, 2010 | Family, Motherhood
Motherhood terrifies me. Especially when I am standing at the daycare door. I don’t know how Hannah did it. Her courage makes my stomach want to drop out the bottom. I am sharing about Hannah, this fear, and it’s antidote on my friend Jessica’s site today....
by Lisa-Jo | Feb 18, 2010 | Faith, Family, Motherhood
There are a lot of things about my dad’s parenting I would change if I could go back in time. Instead, I take those memories and wring the lessons out of them that I want to be sure to unlearn as I journey through parenthood myself. But, some days I am surprised. Some...
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by Lisa-Jo | Feb 15, 2010 | Family
So, you’ve seen it on the news, you’ve read about it online, you’ve followed the tweets. Now, here’s our insider’s perspective on what six straight days stuck inside due to back-to-back blizzards looks like and what we learned. 1. Table...
