by Lisa-Jo | Jan 31, 2012 | Blogging, Callings, Faith, Girlfriends, Inbetween, Kids, Motherhood
Two years and one job ago. I sat across from the man I love on the bed we’ve loved in since we were first married ten years before. I sat and smacked fist into palm and said it again and again and again, “But this can’t be what I’m supposed to do with my life.” And...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 30, 2012 | Daughters, Motherhood
It’s a Walmart love story. Unlikely and wonderful. She has that pink ribbon just barely clinging to her few whispy baby hairs and still smells of the parmesan chicken she smeared all over the place during lunch. Baggers and shoppers, grandmas and tired looking dads...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 23, 2012 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
My first born, he’s just like me. Starts the day out with a gold ribbon ceremony for showing honor, courage, responsibility at school and all he can think about is the reprimand that ended his school day. All praise clouded out by a finger shaken in his direction. His...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 18, 2012 | Callings, Inbetween, Motherhood, Raising Boys
She breathes through her nose when she’s having a strong emotion. Short, sharp exclamation points that punctuate her just ten months of life. Her brother yells, “Wa-hoo!” with accompanying right-hand fist pump when a surprise unfolds, there’s ice cream in a cone for...
by Lisa-Jo | Jan 11, 2012 | Callings, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I’m a mini van-driving mom. And I love it. Both being a mom and my sky blue mini van with enough room for another parent, my three kids, a couple of their friends and all the random collection of back packs, soccer balls, swords and snacks that inevitably make the...
by Lisa-Jo | Dec 12, 2011 | Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
It hasn’t snowed here yet. It’s been unseasonably warm. When Zoe and I walk to pick Jackson up from Kindergarten the sun warms us in ways unexpected for December. I’ve been able to say more yes to the playground than no. But the radio sings of...
