The Ache of Belonging
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...
The Ache of Monday Morning
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...
A Speck of Stardust
There are moments that suddenly stop you and you sense your place in the order of things. I had that moment the other day at mass, sitting there next to my beloved, realizing that someday they'll read my name, as part of the prayers for all those who have died. Maybe...
Parent with the bigger picture in mind: What remains with your child when you are gone?
Busy, full of distractions..can we parent with the bigger picture in mind? What will remain when you are gone? Let it be your thousand gentle kisses, your slow caresses, your loving presence.
The Power of Vulnerability
There is true power in vulnerability and tenderness. It unbinds the heart and sets us free. We awaken to a power beyond how our culture defines it. We rise and embrace true freedom.
Celebrating Father’s Day: How Dads Matter
This Father’s Day, offer dad one of the greatest gifts: your regard. Let him know that DADS MATTER. However old, all dads want to be regarded.
You were born to shine
What do you want more than anything? Seriously. What do you want? What calls to you in the middle of the night, at those quiet moments when you are actually in the car or on a walk by yourself? Whatever it is, begin it. Here’s how…
Hope’s Arrival
Hope's Arrival Though fragile, I grow Tenaciously I will rise Always toward the light. Lisa A. McCrohan, MA, LCSW-C, SEP “Lisa!” a neighbor called to me as I rushed to my car to pick up my daughter from school. “I have something for you” she said as she walked...
This is Holy
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 the holy...
Cradling You
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...
A True Happiness
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...
Free
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 or trying to figure...