Posts in motherhood

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
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
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
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
June 22, 2015

You’ve got to get your eye in

Regular readers and Twitter followers will be well aware of my youngest child’s love affair with […]
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by lisahassanscott
June 19, 2015

All I did today

I have nothing to show for my day. If a manager came knocking on my door […]
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by lisahassanscott
May 14, 2015

Wonder

We were sitting at the table crunching our cereal yesterday morning—the twelve year old, bleary in […]
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