by Lisa-Jo | Jan 16, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory
Here’s the thing, I love you. I do. I love how you don’t even have to open your eyes to roll over in bed and open the blanket to that kid who has bad dreams. I love how you worry about Kindergarten homework and teach yourself calculus all over again to...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 14, 2014 | Just plain hard, Motherhood, When your temper scares you
The thing I’m trying to learn is that my kids are not in charge of my emotions. This is a much harder lesson than I would have thought nine years ago. Because no one talks to me quite like my kids. Whether it’s whispering love notes in the glow of the...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 8, 2014 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory, Raising Boys
Son, here’s the thing. Sometimes come 9pm mama is just flat out done. So when you peer down from that top bunk bed eye to eye with me and question the end of your day with the everlasting, “but whyyyyy?,” a small world flashes before my eyes....
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 6, 2014 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
We were in the middle of a snow ball fight outside Gedney hall my senior year of college when he said it. Justin Myers said to me, “No fair if you turn sideways, ’cause then you’re an invisible target.” While everyone else laughed it took me a...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 10, 2013 | Motherhood, South Africa
We’re currently en route to South Africa via Germany. We’ve had a 10 hour layover and very little sleep on the plane. This is our right now. And it reminded me of this post and that maybe we all need the reminder over this holiday season, eh? When I board...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 5, 2013 | Giveaways, Motherhood
There’s a special invitation at the end of this post…..be sure to keep reading. Perhaps what mothers struggle with the most is the feeling of insignificance. So much of what we do is simply a repeat of what we did yesterday. The dishes, the laundry, the...
