by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 16, 2011 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion
I’ve noticed this: many of us are uncomfortable with our kiddos “going wild.” For some time I’ve been noticing myself. Noticing how I get “uncomfortable” when the energy gets a bit high and I start getting on the kiddos to “bring it down.” Sure, it’s appropriate to...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 4, 2011 | Parenting with Compassion
His hand. The instant I took this picture and viewed it, my son’s hand drew my attention. It felt…familiar. Its placement. Its energy. Its “feel.” It all reminded me of something. A few weeks later, after I had printed out these pictures and was putting them...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 27, 2011 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
Grapefruit. I started to softly cry over my grapefruit the other morning. Carefully cutting the outside circle of my grapefruit, I stopped. The memory of my mother so lovingly and thoroughly cutting my grapefruit for me as a girl flooded my mind and heart. Back...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 26, 2011 | Nourishing Our Connections
I finally arrived at my friend’s house after packing up the kiddos, turning around to get the toy my son had forgotten at home and wanted to give to his friend, returning an important phone call, packing my things to head off to work in an hour when my husband would...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 17, 2011 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I love how insight comes at random times. There we were, my fellow mama friend and me working out at the Y, BY OURSELVES with no kiddos at 7:15 at night, moving our tushes on the elliptical trainer, talking about life, what we are wrestling with, letting go of, what...