by Lisa McFarland | Feb 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sometimes events and occasions are so grand, we almost miss them. Whatever milestone achievement, celebration or marker we are recognizing when we make plans to designate a given day for it, we can put a lot of pressure on ourselves and others. Think wedding. Think...
by Lisa McFarland | Feb 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
I can’t resist the opportunity to talk about love. During Valentine’s Day, which some refer to as a “Hallmark Holiday” we think about love in the romantic sense. Flowers and chocolate come to mind, and maybe a date night with our partner for the...
by Lisa McFarland | Feb 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
When our Daughter Alexis died in 1997 at 13 months and 5 days old, I was in shock. Despite all the complications she’d faced and overcome, her body just wasn’t built to survive. We’d spent most of the second half of her life at Children’s...
by Lisa McFarland | Feb 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yesterday as I sat getting a haircut I was enjoying the experience of quietly sitting still, choosing to be present and enjoy some pampering. Often our stylists become our friends too, since we entrust them with our personal details over long intervals of...
by Lisa McFarland | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Although our son Zach is 22 and has made incredible medical and neurological strides, he continues to experience varying degrees of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). Essentially this means that sometimes he is under stimulated and can’t access the...