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...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 3, 2014 | Five Minute Friday, surprised by motherhood
I steal the time I need to write. Maybe you do too. Maybe you have young kids and a house to run and a job and writing has to happen in the fringe hours. Maybe you’re an accidental writer. Who can’t seem to quit. Me too. But here’s the thing –...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 3, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, surprised by motherhood
Here’s to the mothers. Here’s to the boo-boo kissers. Here’s to the get up and warm the milk at 2am women. You are braver than you know. You make the music that makes the life that gives the rhythm to the day in and out and in again. Courageous. You deliver babies by...
by Lisa-Jo | Apr 1, 2014 | Motherhood, No such thing as just a mom, surprised by motherhood
It was not something I ever imagined doing. Writing a book. Or becoming a mother. And yet today I woke up to three very loud kids and a book that is launching out into the world. It seems there’s never a day when it doesn’t surprise me. You venture out...
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by Lisa-Jo | Mar 31, 2014 | Daughters, Motherhood, South Africa, surprised by motherhood
We are our mother’s daughters. Whether we want to be or not. My story starts with hers all wrapped up in DNA and days spent under the mango trees in Zululand. I have her crooked smile and passion for late night movies and ice cream. I have her love of dancing in the...
by Lisa-Jo | Mar 25, 2014 | Books you should read, South Africa, surprised by motherhood
In which blog reader, Kate Motaung – American mom of 3 married to a South African pastor – gives her honest reaction to my book, Surprised by Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected about Being a Mom. Which releases one week from today. Gulp. My husband...
