by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 29, 2017 | Parenting with Compassion, Regarding Our Children
“Ohhhh, mom! That’s beautiful!” My young daughter said, holding my freshly Henna painted hand. Admiring the detail and intricacy, my daughter’s eyes widened. The night before, I was part of a women’s circle where a local Henna artist painted on our bodies as we...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 29, 2017 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Mom,” my daughter asked me, “When my friend comes, can we go outside into the woods?” The thought of going outside and being in nature, surrounded by the evergreens, listening to water flowing in the little creek by our house made me exhale....
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 7, 2017 | Honoring the Seasons, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I write my prayers in my journals. The Divine and I have “conversations.” A few years ago, I wrote this in my journal – it’s me talking and the Divine listening: Me: “It’s snowing outside. I feel the invitation to be inside, wrapped in a warm...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 30, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
For the last several years, around this same time at the end of the year, I do the same thing: While everyone is still asleep as I lay here in my bed, in the quiet. It’s still dark and cold outside. I’m warm and comfy in my bed thinking about this new year. I don’t...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 21, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
{I talk, God listens}. It’s 2:30 a.m., God. And I am awake – silence, darkness, my pen and notepad, and my warm covers. Without the distractions of the day, the darkness provides a holy opportunity to listen and connect. Keith is dead {*Keith is a dear friend of...