by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 24, 2014 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
This is Holy By Lisa McCrohan You touch the holy each time you slow down to your daughter’s pace, each time you decide to linger in her embrace. You touch the holy when you tenderly wash your son’s back, when you give your partner a little slack. You touch...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 8, 2014 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
Cradling You By Lisa McCrohan Tonight, you snuggled close to me, asked me to stay, wrapped my arms around you. Listening to the rain and you breathing, I cradled you. You who are almost up to my shoulders and only six years old! Today another mom told me her nine year...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 6, 2013 | Delightful Podcast, Gems of Delight, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Soulful Poetry
A True Happiness You have panted for rest – to discover a place where you can finally feel whole. You have gone out looking for happiness in places that have left you empty, anxious and alone only to return to the inner landscape of your heart and discover that the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 4, 2013 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
There is a beautiful Taoist adage that I have carried with me over the last several years of being a parent: “When in doubt, do less.” I have found that when I do less — when I come into stillness, when I’ve done enough of asking for advice...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 5, 2013 | Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
Holding Love By Lisa McCrohan How many times have I rocked you to sleep, held you, laid next to you? I never counted. Yes, there have been times I’ve counted the minutes — the minutes until I’d get half an hour of alone time; the minutes until I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Sep 2, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
Today is Labor Day in the U.S. Today I hope you you can rest your “laboring” and linger awhile seeing this moment, this day, as a gift. A few days ago, we had a family emergency. No one wants to get a phone call late at night like this. That moment I...