by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 25, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
“In an especially chaotic rush out the door to go on a family vacation, I sat in the passenger seat fuming. Mad because I didn’t have time to put the dishes in the dishwasher. Mad because we were late getting on the road. Mad because the garage door was acting up. I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 25, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood
“You won’t regret this time,” my mom said to me. I was struggling with a big life decision – leaving a full-time, made-for-me position at Georgetown University. Why? I knew it driving up and down 270 to DC, waking up at 5 a.m., rushing, arriving home exhausted...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 9, 2015 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
“Mom!” my son said, running through the front door after school. Handing me an brightly colored hand-drawn invitation he made, he said, “It’s for our Mother’s Day Tea at our school on Friday!” I looked at the invitation and my heart...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 13, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
Recently, a woman wrote to me and said that she wanted to send one of my poetic wrist wraps to a young girl who has cancer. “Which one do you suggest, Lisa?” She asked. “Hmmm….tell me about her,” I wrote back. Often people come to me...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 30, 2014 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
What Remains By Lisa McCrohan I see now how this life is fleeting. Every breath, every time my little ones wrap their tiny arms around my neck and shout, “Mama!,” every gleeful plea for “one more story” at bedtime is holy ripe and ready in this moment to savor, then...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 27, 2014 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
A few weeks ago, I was racing out the front door with too many things in my hands and I shut the door. Instantly I knew I didn’t have my keys. Crap. Should I call Brian? I knew that if he came back, he’d be late for an important meeting that he was facilitating....