Posts in connection

by lisahassanscott
June 16, 2016

Who is the Other?

It’s been on my radar screen for a while to take the children to the zoo. […]
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by lisahassanscott
April 28, 2016

Secret pain, compassion & connection

I saw a friend this week who has had a particularly difficult five or six years, […]
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by lisahassanscott
April 21, 2016

Just like a teenager: embracing language that connects

“Just like a woman.” Someone actually said this abhorrent phrase to me this week. It’s 2016 […]
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by lisahassanscott
January 28, 2016

“When I was your age…” — connecting with our children through empathic memory

I promise, I’m really not a bad cook. In fact, I love cooking. For the past […]
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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
October 15, 2015

A full time job: trying to homeschool, mother & everything else

I’ve been clearing out my suits. Recently I went through our wardrobes, pulling out the things […]
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by lisahassanscott
October 1, 2015

Gliding through the sky: parenting now-ness & perspective

  “Kee!” I heard it, thought: “buzzard,” and accordingly lifted my head to see it. There […]
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by lisahassanscott
January 11, 2015

Questions and Answers

This piece was originally published in the LLLGB Members’ Magazine, Breastfeeding Matters, for which I have […]
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by lisahassanscott
January 8, 2015

On friendship

Part of the problem with becoming a new mother was that I didn’t have any friends. […]
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by lisahassanscott
October 23, 2014

Seeing and being seen

Shortly after I had my first baby a friend from work visited me. She spent plenty […]
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