by Lisa-Jo | Mar 26, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Blogging, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Last night the only thing that stood between me and the desire to lock my children in their bedroom indefinitely was a heaping bowl of chocolate ice cream with sprinkles AND chocolate sauce. The kind that gets hard and crackly when you put it on the ice cream. They...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 14, 2013 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Girlfriends
Last year I spent most of the weekend of April 27th crying. When I wasn’t crying I was grinning ear to ear. It was our first ever attempt to gather women and (in)courage readers from across the globe together in real life. Nearly 2,000 sisters in Christ showed...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 22, 2012 | (in)RL, 31 days to write your story
For six months last year and then part of the beginning of this year I was in pursuit of the biggest God dream I’d ever been a part of. I alternated between joy and wanting to throw up on a daily basis. It was a dream to connect readers of (in)courage in real...
by Lisa-Jo | Aug 6, 2012 | (in)courage, (in)RL, Cheering for you, Girlfriends
Women encouraging women is one of my favorite things. Sisters caring, showing up with soup, watching the kids, folding the laundry, sharing the recipes, picking the kids up, shuttling to baseball practice, holding the hard times with both hands and a full heart,...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 30, 2012 | (in)RL
What if you opened the door of your favorite beach house and discovered nearly 1,700 of your closest friends inside? That’s a lot like how I felt this weekend. Meeting you all – (in) real life. This remarkable glimpse into the women and hearts and lives...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 27, 2012 | (in)RL, Blogging, Five Minute Friday, Girlfriends
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...