Surprised by Motherhood: Everything I Never Expected about Being a Mom - unabridged audiobook on CD

This is a book that is straight-from-the-hip honest, straight-out-hilarious, and straight-from-God holy...that I will turn to again and again.
---Ann Voskamp, Author of the New York Times Best Sellers, One Thousand Gifts and The Greatest Gift

Lisa-Jo inspires me to look for God in every moment of my own beautiful but imperfect motherhood journey.
Lysa TerKeurst, New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

Allow these pages to sink into your own story, blessing you with a lot of laughs, a deep sense of camaraderie, and above all else, a wild sense of hope.
Angie Smith, Women of Faith speaker and bestselling author of several books including What Women Fear and Chasing God

Whether you are a mother, know a mother, or have a mother…you need to read the words on these pages.
Holley Gerth, Best-selling Author of You're Already Amazing

Motherhood is one of the great surprises of life and Lisa-Jo has captured the essence of that with her exquisite words.
Melanie Shankle, New York Times bestselling author of Sparkly Green Earrings and The Antelope in the Living Room

Surprised by Motherhood is filled with grace, comfort, encouragement, sympathy, and laughter for...moms in the trenches of motherhood.
Sally Clarkson, Best selling author of The Mission of Motherhood and Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe

Hands down, this is one of the best mothering books I’ve read. Highly recommended!
Crystal Paine, Founder of MoneySavingMom.com and author of Say Goodbye to Survival Mode

This book is rocket fuel for weary mamas. I am recommending this book to every mom I know.
Jennifer Dukes Lee, Author of Love Idol: Letting Go of Your Need for Approval and Seeing Yourself Through God's Eyes

Lisa-Jo is the social media manager for DaySpring, and the Community Manager of the company's website, incourage.me, an online home for millions of women the world over. She shares her every day life lived in between kids and chaos at LisaJoBaker.com, is a contributor to HuffPost Parents, and her writings on motherhood are syndicated from New Zealand to New York. Born and raised in South Africa, Lisa-Jo currently lives outside Washington, DC with her husband and their three very loud kids.

Most people who talk about motherhood start out by telling you how much they always wanted to be a mom.

Not Lisa-Jo Baker. She was eighteen and growing up in South Africa when her mom died, and she swore she would never have kids. But then she fell in love with an American boy with cowboy-green eyes, married him, and now, a decade and two continents later, they have three. This is the unlikely story of how she got there.

Along the way, she has discovered three key things about motherhood. One, motherhood is hard. Two, motherhood is glorious. Three, motherhood is very hard. And while she wouldn't trade it, she would throw out all the parenting advice that made her feel like she was somehow failing this test of womanhood. Because all the "what to expect" books in the world can never truly prepare you for the sheer exhilaration, joy, and terrifying love that accompanies motherhood.

This audio book is a reminder that being a mom isn't about succeeding at some parenting checklist - it's about what motherhood prepares us for while we're busy preparing for it; how a new identity brings new meaning for our future and new appreciation of our past; and how there is wonder to be found in the daily merry-go-round of dishes, laundry, and tiny humans.