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Me or Her?

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 29, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality

"I know there's a lesson here." I realized there was a lesson in the frustrating experience I was having and that realization came just as I said those words. It took me a while and a talk with my spiritual teacher, to whom I said those words, to know...

“ONE”

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 25, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality

My friend, artist Pam Jolly Haile, whom I know from Art & Soul Studio, Nashville Nonviolent Communication and the Vanderbilt Meditation Group, is pictured far left at my home during a recent open house. What is pictured here to the right of her is a moving project...

Kindness of Strangers

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!

I walked to my car, keys in hand, my vision blurring with the moisture of tears. A woman had come up behind us in the checkout line and bumped the counter, causing her soup to slosh and spill a dollop. Busy with my order, the clerk didn't notice. So I offered to...

GraceArt Spring Shows

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Travel

We're busy preparing inventory and delivering to our spring exhibitions. Here's our 2013 GraceArt flyer: www.GraceGoad.com

One More Sip of Tea: A Series Addendum

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood

Just when I thought it was over….When I wrote this blog post series on tea, I thought I was a bit nutty. That no one out here besides me cared. (Although I knew the later was not true, just not sure any of my readers cared.) Thanks for the comments on the blog...

Spread the Word to End the Word; 3.6.13

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 6, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality

If you don't know what this is about, please click this link, www.r-word.org, and learn and then stop using the R-Word. Please! (And in researching for this post, I found this CNN interview with my blogosphere friend/acquaintaince Ellen Seidman. Be sure to click...
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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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