by Lisa-Jo | Jun 10, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
If you’re visiting from Glennon’s place over at Momastery today – welcome. I’m a mom of three kids and me and my good man make our home under the cherry blossoms just outside of Washington, D.C. But my heart is buried under a Jacaranda tree in Pretoria,...
by Lisa-Jo | May 8, 2013 | Faith, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
There are those who say that this is ordinary. But don’t let that fool you. “Mother” will always be the bravest, least ordinary, most difficult and utterly challenging career that anyone ever hopes to lay claim to. While others might hear, “diaper-changer, food-maker,...
by Lisa-Jo | May 1, 2013 | Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood
A while back a production company contacted me to ask if they could turn a post I wrote into a short Mother’s Day video. I said yes. Because, of course. Awesomeness. And this month of remembering, recognizing, celebrating and thanking mothers, friends may you be...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 22, 2013 | Motherhood
I am stretched and tired and fearful. I am wild and brave and broken. My closet has a sense of humor and clothes in every size. I’ve worn these hips three times around the labor and delivery dance and they are not ashamed. I speak three languages and that...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 15, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
Some days are so upside down it’s hard to breathe. Last week Wednesday I was doing laundry and digging down at the bottom of the basket for a nasty pair of little boy underoos and bent so hard and fast at the waist that I slammed my forehead into the edge of the...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2013 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
We’re used to headlines. And headliners. And theme music. To rock stars and taglines and the spotlight to tell us what matters. To talent searches to tell us what’s beautiful and what should be applauded. To cameras that catch every nuance of the intimacy...
