by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 27, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
Today is the 74th birthday of my friend, spiritual mentor and companion, Rev. Dr. David Kenneth Wheaton, Ph.D. But, no bother. He's not big on numbers because he's "not a number." Ken, rather, is 74-years-young. As we spend time together in public I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 1, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature
No foolin,' today's the first day of April and the weather here and for almost all of March has been more like summer than spring. And then, there was winter, which failed to deliver much of a chill, giving us instead sprinter. Nontheless, I'm...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 13, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Psychologist Kristin Neff is the mother and wife featured in the book and movie, "The Horse Boy." The movie was reviewed here on "The Journey with Grace." I found Neff's work via a Google search after I first viewed an advance copy of the film....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 6, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality
"The days are long, but the years are short." –Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project January 11, 2012…the date entered at the beginning of the morning's journal entry. It caused me pause….As the seasons come...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 30, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The hoo-la over the diagnosis of the Queen of Fat & Sugar, Culinary Marketing Guru, Paula Deen, with Type-2 diabetes has simmered down a bit in the last week. I guess. At risk of sounding self-righteous: I really don't know because I rarely flick on the boob...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 23, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
It'd been nearly 10 years since I met up with my friend from the small, informal playgroup in which we were both members when our children were babes. Long ago she'd moved to Western North Carolina. When I vacationed in Asheville last summer, we shared a meal...
