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Guest Post: Tension & Flaws by Lacey Lyons

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 15, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!

Today's post is the fourth in a weekly summer series (here, here & here) of featured guest posts about disAbility. Lacey Lyons is an Belmont University adjunct professor of English who has partnered with Courtney Taylor Evans and I at several workshops...

The Beauty of Development (A Guest Post at Vanderbilt Children’s)

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 8, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!

You know those extra special moments of your child's growing up years? The ones that are forever seared into the memory banks of motherhood? Yeah, those. I have one that is particularly special to my daughter's childhood. Last month my girl turned 19. But this...

“Wisdom on the Rocks” by Lisa Ernst

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 1, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nature, Spirituality

With permission, I'm sharing and linking to a wonderful post by fine art painter, Buddhist meditation teacher and friend Lisa Ernst of Nashville. I'm enjoying sharing other bloggers' perspectives on disAbility this summer (here's one, if you missed...

My “Secret” Lemonade Recipe!:

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 26, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood

Yep. I've been a bit grousey here this summer. But, I'm on the uphill swing for a week-and-a-half now and creating and celebrating little pleasures have gone a long way in the mood elevation department. Little things like: sitting in the porch glider and...

More Beauty in the DisAbility Journey: Lisa Leonard, an Artist’s Take

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 24, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality

Grateful am I for the local blogging community and once-local annual conference, Blissdom, which tutored me into the blogosphere. That’s where I met the beautiful and gentle-spirited artist/jewelry artisan Lisa Leonard, whom I’ve long featured in my...

Checking In: Part II

by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 21, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood

Wow! With a shock I realized this week that we are half-way through our summer. The new Metro Schools' summer. You know. The one where the parents were allowed to vote on year-round school and they voted "no," and the system decided to do it anyway by...
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GRACE GOAD | AUTISM ART:

Shimai Gallery of Contemporary Craft
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, Tenn.
(Little cottage in the far corner of the Loveless Cafe complex.)

FEATURED POSTS

  • Blossoming: All New Grace Goad Works, Shimai Gallery
  • Message of the Mammoth Moth: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Year Two—Still Seeking the Resurrection: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Lessons of the Lenten Roses: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Self-Love on V-Day: Grace in the Time of Corona

FROM HEARTACHE TO HOPE

From Heartache to Hope: middle tennessee families living with autism, a book by Leisa A. Hammett & photographer Rebekah Pope. Click here for more info plus ordering details.

Grace Goad Autism Art

ABOUT LEISA HAMMETT

Hi! I’m a writer and a speaker, and I represent the art of my young adult daughter, Grace Goad, who has autism. We’ve been featured on The View, Al Jazeera America, and in numerous television, radio, magazine, newspaper, and online features. I’ve written one book about autism and I’m working on spiritual memoir about living with autism. Hope you’ll hang out here online with us.

 

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