Bath Time
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 become...
Being a mom: your heart walks outside your body
"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 children are filled with this innocent...
Children teaching US about death: Singing in solidarity
A dear friend's dad died in July. (Stop the world for a moment. Don't we all want that when someone we love dies?). Throughout the year of his illness, Aidan would finger paint "art projects" for M. (our friend) because "M. is sad. I want her to be happy." When he...
How a three year old prays: In Bob the Builder style
Our three year old son is a fix-it man. A chip off the ol’ Bob the Builder block. Every morning he gets up and puts his tool belt on. Got a leaky faucet? Not a problem. Our son is on the job. Need to lay cable wiring? A. would shout, “Can we fix it? Yes we...
Tips for Mindful Relationships #4: It’s Your Choice
In a Single Day There are a million chances in a single day when we have the power to create or destroy, to build someone up or tear them down, a million chances to pull away or move toward, to be right or be kind, to act out of fear or choose Love. Lisa A. McCrohan ©...
Tips for Mindful Relationships #3: Speak Their Language
I often see couples in therapy who really do care for each other – but what they are experiencing is, as Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men, “a failure to communicate.” What’s happening? Sometimes it may be that they are speaking different love languages. One...
Mindful Moment: Gems from our Son
This is the usual send-off I get when I go to work on my long day: "Mom, wait! I'll walk you out!" Our three year old, in his full workman gear, runs to the front door, opens it for me, lets me through, and then stands on the stairs. "Wait! I need a hug!" We...
Tips for Mindful Relationships #2: Words and Body Language
Choosing Our Words and Body Language Tip: Communicate with your beloved in such a way that there leaves no doubt in his or her mind and heart the depth and breadth of your love for them. Let your words communicate it. Let your body language communicate it. I remember...
Tips for Parenting with Compassion #5: What Motivates our Children? Part 2
Update from the other day's blog, What Motivates our Children: Part One: the Popsicle didn’t work. And I felt weird about using food as bait for my kiddo to do something. I knew it just wasn't right. So I dropped it. Then one day last week we were playing in the...
Tips for Parenting with Compassion #4: What motivates our children? Part 1
Part One I’ve been thinking about what motivates our children to use the potty, get dressed and ready for school, do their homework, and apply to college. Is it m&m’s for toddlers, video games for elementary schoolers, and getting to stay out later for our...