by LeisaHammett | Feb 13, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
“What is it about what I’ve said that’s upsetting to you?” There was an awkward pause in our conversation. I looked up to the ceiling, sniffed, and then reached across the kitchen table and grabbed a tissue to blot the tear that had just...
by LeisaHammett | Jan 28, 2015 | Art, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
Really, now—? Was being a member of the inaugural cast of Nashville’s Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) in April, 2014, truly “life changing,” as I and others involved had dubbed it? Last week, in an internal dialogue, I pondered the question. In the days...
by LeisaHammett | Jan 22, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
Art is a window into the beauty and potential of people with disAbilities. It all started over a cup of coffee. This is music city. Hit songs are penned upon scratch paper in coffeehouses across town. Last June, my coffee collaboration with talented artist Doris...
by LeisaHammett | Dec 20, 2014 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
May you savor stillness amid the week’s rush. May you cherish some nurture to body and spirit. May you be renewed for the opportunities awaiting in 2014. Major changes have taken root here. I’ll be sharing them in the New Year. Also, soon, you’ll...
by LeisaHammett | Dec 5, 2014 | Art, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
I will no longer shoot peace symbols to people in traffic. Tonight I learned my lesson. About five years ago, I spontaneously started shooting peace symbols to cars in my rearview mirror when they allowed me to cut in front of them or when they allowed me to walk in...
by LeisaHammett | Oct 9, 2014 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
“We need to talk.” It took a couple weeks and lots of calendar study, planning and a couple of false starts when unplanned events swiped our scheduled phone date. But, Debra Hosseini, founder of the blog/website, books and art networking and event...
