by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 11, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
"Please. Let's not do this to each other." In an Oprah Magazine article by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, those are the words said by one mother to another when one mother watches the other organize a scavenger hunt and claims,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 9, 2012 | Art, Divorce
"Enough is abundance to the wise." ~ Euripides Growing up, our house was frequently full of company. Sunday nights after church, mother served cake and coffee to a slew of lively conversing adults who swarmed around the kitchen table. She hosted a share of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 7, 2012 | Art, Nashville!, Technology/Blogging
A visual feast that promises to touch the soul of the viewer plus–what opportunity (and fun): Copyrighted image, "Savannah Canopy," featured in exhibition, by extraordinary South Light photographer, Nick Dantona. One of Nashville's finest art...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 5, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss
Swiftly, we entered my condo and like seasoned professionals began a triage of sorts. Instead of doctors, it was The Wuzband and I and the patient was our 17-year-old daughter with autism. She'd just had oral surgery to remove her wisdom teeth. I pulled out old...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 3, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
There's the standard fare of black-eyed peas (the edible version you stir in a pot) and greens. Opening and closing a door to let out the old, jumping from a perch at midnight to leap into the new….And while I usually incorporate those fun things into the...
