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by Lisa-Jo | Dec 9, 2011 | Five Minute Friday, Kids, Motherhood
It’s Friday. Let’s do it. Let’s just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. For only five short, bold, beautiful minutes. Won’t you join me? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2....
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 17, 2011 | Faith, Motherhood
Don’t worry, this post isn’t about potty training. Or about gastro intestinal bugs. You don’t have to be a mom to relate to this post. Because some days, I think, we all feel covered in ick. There’s the slimy goopy ick of worry that I feel my feet squishing around in....
by Lisa-Jo | Nov 16, 2011 | Daughters, Family, Motherhood
She keeps me up. Again and again and my eyes stop focusing properly. All I want is sleep. And I whisper to her in frustration, “It’s a good thing I love you so much.” I love you at 4am when everyone’s asleep but us. I love you when you...
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by Lisa-Jo | Nov 2, 2011 | Family, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
He’s wearing nothing but the blue camo underroos when he comes running at me. I barely have time to brace before all that stocky, nearly-four-year-old life slams into my knees. Amazing, to be missed like this. Today he asks me to wave from the door while he...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 24, 2011 | Faith, Family, Motherhood, Raising Boys
The boys know our block well and, like homing pigeons, once we hit it they fly the rest of the way. I see their new khaki pants patched etched against the sky – smudges of speed and delight at the sound of their own hammering feet and hearts and breath racing...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 13, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Motherhood
This post is for my little cousin, Bronwen, who’s at the one year mark of motherhood. And it’s for you. This post is for those days when “getting over yourself” is the last thing an exhausted, I-can’t-take-it-anymore, run down mother needs to hear. Can I just...
