by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 5, 2010 | Parenting with Compassion
I’m not a flighty person. I’m an on-time, list-makin’, organized mama. Since babe #2, that has been slowly but surely changing. And after I dropped my phone in the garbage disposal and didn’ t know it until I called my own phone and saw it...
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 —...
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...
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...
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...
