by Lisa McFarland | Mar 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
I love this song called “Look for the Good” by Jason Mraz. Apparently he wrote it when COVID hit. But the lyrics reach far beyond any one situation, threat, or challenge. The song is not about achieving an end game, but rather,...
by Lisa McFarland | Mar 10, 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 National Medical Center in...
by Lisa McFarland | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Durning the Pandemic and a few months into the Summer of 2020, I yearned for relief from the way things had changed. We no longer had any help with Zachary, from losing his nursing coverage to his graduation from school that year, and losing all respite...
by Lisa McFarland | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Early Sunday morning, I began my usual routine of meditation and prayer and suddenly realized, it was the birthday of a dear friend of mine, named Mark. It would have been his 52nd birthday on Sunday, but he died by suicide on January 15, 1988. Mark...
by Lisa McFarland | Mar 5, 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 time and...
