by Lisa-Jo | Sep 2, 2013 | Just plain hard, Motherhood
My father sat in the pew of a church in Philadelphia with a slip of paper in his hands. The cold encamped outside was a far cry from the mosquito hot shores of South Africa. Three years. He had brought his young family Stateside for three years to add a Masters of...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 26, 2013 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
I had no clue how to be a mom. I had never done any real babysitting, never dreamed about my future kids, never wished for motherhood. And I had no idea that the labor continues long after the delivery. Consequently the first year of Jackson’s life was about the...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 12, 2013 | Just plain hard, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
Sometimes you don’t realize you have a temper till you have kids. And then one night someone carves a pattern into the leather sofa. Or someone just dumps a pencil sharpener out all over the floor. After you’ve told them not to touch it. Or someone else gets out of...
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by Lisa-Jo | May 21, 2013 | Faith, Just plain hard
Like you all, I can’t stop thinking about Oklahoma today. You can join some of the prayers being shared from there over here. It made me think about this post I wrote in the dark when Hurricane Sandy headed our way. I’m reading it again today. So I sit in...
