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The one thing we should never hoard. Like ever.

The one thing we should never hoard. Like ever.

by Lisa-Jo | Sep 9, 2016 | (in)courage, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting

It’s noon and I’m jumping in the car to go grab a spur-of-the-moment donut. Boston Cream. Every time. And I get a text message from a new friend. I’m in the drive-thru when I hear her voice pop up in my head and on my phone and she wants to know what I’m...
When You Still Need Your Mom and She’s Not There Anymore

When You Still Need Your Mom and She’s Not There Anymore

by Lisa-Jo | May 4, 2016 | Family, Inbetween, Just plain hard, South Africa

I dropped my aunt and uncle off at the airport on Tuesday and then cried so hard as I drove away that I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep the car pointed in the right direction. I was completely stunned by my own mascara streaked face in the rear view...
It Was Hard to Believe My Pastor On Sunday

It Was Hard to Believe My Pastor On Sunday

by Lisa-Jo | Jan 18, 2016 | Faith, Girlfriends, Just plain hard

For the last few years it has become tradition for our family to spend Easter weekend in PA with Jon and Christie Purifoy at their farmhouse called Maplehurst. They’re friends who’ve known us the longest — since the days when none of us had kids yet....
6 Helpful Ways to Respond to Hard Conversations This Holiday Season

6 Helpful Ways to Respond to Hard Conversations This Holiday Season

by Lisa-Jo | Dec 9, 2015 | Cheering for you, Faith, Family, Holidays, Just plain hard

I’ve been the community manager at the website (in)courage for five years. That means five years of working with and for and alongside women. Writing about women, reading about women, talking to women, being in small groups of women and large groups of women. I don’t...
A New Way To Look at Your Old, Boring, Routine Life

A New Way To Look at Your Old, Boring, Routine Life

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 29, 2015 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory

Some days there’s so much to share but none of it is interesting or original so you don’t say anything. A kid lost his ever-loving mind in front of a guest because he discovered you’d eaten his laffy taffy. The kitchen is covered in dirty dishes....
5 Ways to Manage that Mom Who Always Makes Us Feel Insecure

5 Ways to Manage that Mom Who Always Makes Us Feel Insecure

by Lisa-Jo | Oct 21, 2015 | Just plain hard, Motherhood, No more mom guilt, Rabid fear of parenting

I knew a new mom once who made me crazy how quickly she lost all that baby weight. How she didn’t have to drop her son off at daycare every aching morning, who laughed at the easy familiarity of motherhood that seemed like a strange and scary land to me. We sat...
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