by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 3, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Hey folks, I'm guest blogging today about why knowing basic developmental stages are important in parenting our children and my experience of knowing and not knowing these stages and how it impacted my journey with autism. Here's the kicker… Parenting...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 1, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature
Three days, all I did, seemingly, was stand in the kitchen, chop, steep, simmer, stir and wash my hands. Grace came home from her weekend away with a cold. This one was a little more tenacious than the usual variety that we've been able, the last couple of years,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Come follow me today over to MusicCityMoms.net. Some of you readers may remember back in the day, (from 2007 to 2011,) I was a moderator for the Tennessean's Music City Moms (later renamed Moms Like Me). The paper ended the forum in 2012, but one member...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 18, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
Okay! Ready? To make tea, you boil tap water, pour, steep and sip. Right? Worse, nuke a mug of tap water. Right? Nope and nope. Trust me. The type of water and how it's heated does affect the taste. I'll skip the parts about what temperature and bringing to a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 17, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Wednesday night I sent my sisters a text, reminding them that the next day, Valentine's, was our mother's "favorite holiday" and told them that I loved them. When we were growing up, on February 14 each year, Mother would repurpose the old red Easter...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 15, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
The first time I traveled internationally, people from other countries assumed by my accent that I was from Dallas. Ha! Maybe in the future they'll hear me and assume I'm from Nashville!* Actually, living here for 20-plus years now, I still haven't lost my...
