by Lisa-Jo | Oct 12, 2011 | Callings, Kids, Motherhood, Raising Boys
I like sleep. I like spending hours reading books, alone, in perfect quiet, in a pool of sunlight on a late fall afternoon. I like a clean and tidy house. I like to eat food while it is still hot. I like clean clothes. I like to brush and style my hair in more than 2...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 6, 2011 | Daughters, Motherhood
I’ve known you for six months now, but feel like I’ve been your friend forever. That’s one of the things that’s surprised me – how much I just flat out enjoy your company. How you laugh at everything and nothing. That little sigh you give when the gurgles die down....
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 29, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, Motherhood
I want my kids to know me. Not some perfect version of me. And not just the mommy side either. I want them to know how much I loved books and what a great kisser I thought their dad was. I want them to know that like my mom before me, a favorite thing to do was curl...
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by Lisa-Jo | Sep 28, 2011 | Kids, Motherhood
There was a time and a church where women didn’t tell their hard stories. I was a sleep deprived brand new mom who wished someone else would whisper in her ear that they missed going to the movies as much as I did. If she was alive, I would have asked my mom if...
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 27, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Girlfriends, Inbetween, Kids, Motherhood
Boys clamor for more ice cream and the baby wants milk. The day winds down slow and rough and my head aches between the whining of one and the frustration of another. I can’t find his favorite bear; I hear rudeness leak out of every syllable his brother speaks....
by Lisa-Jo | Sep 14, 2011 | Daughters, Faith, Motherhood
Some days I find I love her so hard it actually hurts in my flesh and blood heart; not just in that metaphorical spot where mothers supposedly store their emotions. It hurts and I feel it in all four chambers even if the heart beats on oblivious. I love her in the...
