by Lisa-Jo | Jan 7, 2013 | Cheering for you, Girlfriends, Motherhood
Holding up the arms. Rubbing the tired shoulders, folding the laundry, sharing the recipes, reminding each other about free donut days and birthdays and showering grace when we’re late to the preschool pick up. Not comparing our kids. Celebrating the victories....
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 2, 2013 | Blogging, Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood
I’ve been thinking about this place and what I write here and why I write so much about motherhood. You may not know this about me, but for most of my life I was determined to avoid motherhood at all costs. Peter married me knowing this. I had all kinds of...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 13, 2012 | Blogging, Cheering for you, Motherhood, Writing
Five Minute Friday is on break until the New Year. To catch it’s breath. To reflect. To listen more than write. To rest. We’ll start fresh in January. And then we’ll write our fingers off together again in five minutes flat every Friday. It’ll be the...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 5, 2012 | Callings, Cheering for you, Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
I talk a lot here about how small a mother’s routine can feel. Perhaps, however, I don’t talk enough about how big the impact of that routine can be. Celebrating the small is directly related to recognizing the massive, Kingdom impact. Kids are forever....
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 3, 2012 | Daughters, Family, Motherhood
Some days when I walk into Panera – my other office – I think about how ordinary my life feels. How there don’t seem to be Instagram-worthy moments between the car seats and the goldfish crackers and the exact same route walked every single day to...
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 19, 2012 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
To all the mothers, the wanna-be-moms, and the I’d-rather-climb-Kilimanjaro-than-become-a-mom-thank-you-very-much-women, You might not have grown up thinking you wanted to be a mom. You might have dodged clichés like barefoot and pregnant as wild as any...
