by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 31, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
The sun is smiling, reaching us through the slats of our open blinds. It begs us to get up, out and start this precious last weekend day. It's nearly noon. But my long-legged daughter with autism is still swaddled in a purple comforter, asleep on her bed. I go to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 29, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond
Decades before we labeled parents "single mother" and "single father," when his beautiful wife, Hettie, died, Arthur Walker–or "Papa"–as we called him, was a single father to eight children. My mother was the next to youngest,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 26, 2011 | Art, Nashville!
A Random House publicist saw my initial review on the hardback debut of The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove and offered to give one of you readers a copy of the new paperback release! Read on for details! Bloggers and would-be authors (not always one in the same)...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 24, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Fourteen years ago, I began a lifestyle that I had intentionally set out to avoid. I suited up, so-to-speak, buckled in and merged into interstate traffic each morning. A preschooler with newly diagnosed autism rode in the back seat. Sometimes kicking and screaming....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 21, 2011 | Art
We're on a bit of a movie kick here at our house. Grace thinks life consists of walks in the park, swimming, milkshakes, trips to the "beach-ocean," Disney and movies. My daughter of few words turned to me in the car this week and dead-on looked at me...
