by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 10, 2021 | grief, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
The Hand of the Beloved My Darling, how is it that you search for Me 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...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 19, 2020 | Cultivating Compassion, grief, living with intention and purpose, Serving, Healing and Transforming Our World, Soulful Poetry
When I first heard that the coronavirus affects the lungs, I tuned in. I was concerned for my mom because she is almost 70 and she has only one lung. When she was in her early twenties, she lost her mom, her dad, and her grandma within the span of a short time. Within...
by Lisa McCrohan | Oct 2, 2019 | grief, Soulful Poetry
The Grief that Won’t Go Away Beneath the hurry and worry, beneath the frazzled scurrying for control, beneath the frustration turned resentment, beneath the fear that comes out as anger and rage pointing out the tiny mishaps of your child or partner, and momentary...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 27, 2019 | grief, Soulful Poetry
Your Heart Will Be Satisfied I see your suffering. I will not let that ache within you remain forever tender and raw. I will not let your cry go unheard. I will satisfy your deepest longings. I will soothe your anxiety. I will not let you go cold and hungry. I will...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 11, 2019 | grief
The other night, I had just dropped both of our kiddos off for a short playdate at a neighbor’s house and was on my way to the grocery store to then go back home and make chicken soup for my husband who was sick – and it was his birthday. It was already 5 pm and we...