by Lisa-Jo | Dec 15, 2014 | Cheering for you, Family, Ordinary Glory, Our crazy little rental house
Sunday afternoons are messy at our house. And I like them that way. (If you follow me on Instagram you’ve probably noticed). We’ve usually let the weekend play around us with all its Legos and dolls and light sabers and blanket forts and left over pizza. We’ve...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 22, 2014 | Cheering for you, Faith, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory, The ordinary extraordinary
We all want a hero. I grew up on a diet of popcorn and stories and the days my mom took me out of school to go to the movies were the ones I learned to fly. Stories are still my safe place. We all want a hero to stand on a stage or a white horse or a battlefield or a...
by Lisa-Jo | Oct 7, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Ordinary Glory
At 17 I swore I wouldn’t grow up to be all barefoot and cliché in the kitchen. The pastor’s son laughed and told me I was destined for babies – my salvation depended on it. I grit my teeth and disagreed even when two elders sought me out after service one day to try...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 23, 2014 | Family, Motherhood, Ordinary Glory, The ordinary extraordinary
I didn’t get around to the laundry this weekend. The boys’ hamper is overflowing. Literally. There is an assortment of super heroes all gazing up at me forlornly from the bedroom floor. There is an epic battle between the Legos raging on the run down dresser...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 24, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, Ordinary Glory
Most of my days look the same as the day before. And I wonder what to write about because, really, there’s nothing new. The alarm goes off at 7:20 and I go into Micah’s room to rub his back and try to bring him awake on the right side of the bed. Jackson gropes for...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 8, 2014 | Cheering for you, Just plain hard, Ordinary Glory, surprised by motherhood
How do you measure meaning in the life of a mom? Is it in diapers changed? Loads of laundry folded? Dishes washed and stacked and put away? Is it in temper tantrums soothed, fevers treated, number of steps walked to rock babies back to sleep? What about all those...
