Lisa McCrohan

Mindful Moment: Neighborhood Singing

by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 3, 2010 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Over the weekend, we were outside putting up our fall decorations when we heard guitar music coming from across the street. In an instant, my heart widened. I stopped what I was doing. All at once I had the realization that I had never heard this sound —...

Co-parenting: Dad’s Not the Babysitter

by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 2, 2010 | Parenting with Compassion

This is how my husband holds us — quietly, adoringly, patiently, and whole-heartedly. Sure, he builds stuff, mows the lawn, escorts stink bugs out of the house, and fixes our electronics. But he also does the laundry and separates the colors. He washes the...

Mindful Moment: My Skin Remembers

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 17, 2010 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry

My Skin Remembers By Lisa McCrohan In the dark stillness of the early morning, before the first glimmers of dawn appear through our bedroom window, Brian brings our baby to me for an early morning feeding. She is half awake half asleep now nuzzled next to me. Her...

Bath Time

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 8, 2010 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry

There are moments within the hustle and bustle of running errands, getting dinner on the table, putting the laundry away, and giving the kiddos a bath when the truth of impermanence comes to you. You know that most likely, you won’t be around to see your child...

Being a mom: your heart walks outside your body

by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 5, 2010 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion

“Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone God, isn’t this so true? My heart strings can get yanked in an instant when my...