by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Midlife and Beyond
You're back?! Good! It's still officially winter. I'll switch off to iced almond milk decaf lattes or iced Passion tea when the weather warms, but as long as the trees remain naked, I'm warming my insides with–ahhhh-a cozy mug of simmering hot...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 4, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Midlife and Beyond
Google fails me in finding the verse I recently read comparing the experience of gulping coffee to the experience of savoring tea…I paraphrase: coffee–harried and hurrying tea–savoring, soothing, sitting. Winter time for me is. Tea Time. Over...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 28, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
The day after Christmas I woke up angry. There was a part of Christmas that did not go as planned. (And I'm not talking about gifts here.) Aha! In dissecting it with my teacher, I got it. While my concerns were legitimate and understandable, the root of the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 21, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
So, here's the deal. For a long time I've had more figured out about the autism parenting journey than I have had about other parts of my life. The last two-and-a-half years have been my wake-up-punch-in-the-face after falling ever so flat and hard on said...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
"We believe that local control along with engagement from parents, community members and businesses to be the foundation of success for each county in Tennessee." ~ StrongCommunitySchools.com As a proponent of public education and a parent of a student in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 9, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Travel
Straight up interstate 65 about three hours north in Kentucky, my companion and I rang in the New Year in the land of Mitch McConnell. Ha. It may also become the congressional homeland of Ashley Judd. Ahem. The highlight of our trip to the quaint, southern-charmed...
