by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 17, 2014 | Nourishing Our Connections
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.” ~ Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu This past weekend, my husband and I had a 40-some hours to ourselves. At home. Alone. ...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 12, 2014 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
Belonging My Darling, how is it that you search for belonging like a poor beggar on hands and knees frantically scrounging the dirt floor for food? My Dear Heart, if you wish, I can continue to beg and scrounge alongside you, and we can keep bruising our hands and...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 20, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections, Soulful Poetry
The Ache of Monday Morning by Lisa McCrohan I watch my husband and children hop into the car and drive off to school. I stand there on the front steps, barefoot in my pajamas feeling the cold cement underneath my feet, my empty hand still warm from the toast I ran out...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 8, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion
The other week, my husband and I actually went out to a nice restaurant to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We never really “go out.” But this time, we got a babysitter and found ourselves sitting at really nice Thai restaurant. There were several people there I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 25, 2014 | Parenting with Compassion, Regarding Our Children
(Part 1 of 2) I remember walking into the cafeteria of my new school and it was like someone punched me in the stomach. I was in sixth grade. My family had just moved from Virginia to Ohio. At first, I attended the local Catholic school. Within the first two months, I...