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by lisahassanscott
April 14, 2016

Just do your best

This week I have been painting fences. We share a boundary with no fewer than six […]
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by lisahassanscott
November 26, 2015

The Lies We Tell

On Friday morning last week, one of my children came downstairs with blue teeth. I didn’t […]
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by lisahassanscott
November 12, 2015

The Sky’s the Limit: getting through challenging parenting moments

Over the weekend, a friend asked me what my children’s ethnic heritage is. (Answer: complicated.) When […]
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by lisahassanscott
September 10, 2015

Bopping to your own beat: parenting without comparison

“Wait. Am I even facing the right way now?” One of my Yoga students this week […]
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by lisahassanscott
May 10, 2013

The Work of Parenting

My sister-in-law hates Chiff Chaffs.  These little migratory birds arrive in the UK in April or […]
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by lisahassanscott
October 10, 2012

A fundamental belief about children

She was supposed to be sitting still and paying attention.  But she wasn’t.  My six year […]
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by lisahassanscott
September 22, 2012

The Scent of a Field That the Lord Has Blessed – now in Stealing Time Magazine

I am so happy to have a piece in the first issue of Stealing Time Magazine, […]
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by lisahassanscott
June 25, 2012

Doesn’t it feel good to be forgiven?

Several days ago one of my children hurt another child’s feelings.  At school she did something […]
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by lisahassanscott
June 8, 2012

What will they remember?

I knew something was up when I could hear water rushing upstairs.  I wondered whether Aidan […]
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by lisahassanscott
May 4, 2012

What is your truth?

There are certain things about motherhood that I really struggle to accept.  The relentless nature of housework, the […]
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