by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 24, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!
Fourteen years ago, I began a lifestyle that I had intentionally set out to avoid. I suited up, so-to-speak, buckled in and merged into interstate traffic each morning. A preschooler with newly diagnosed autism rode in the back seat. Sometimes kicking and screaming....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 17, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Spirituality
This. Is. SO important. Despite that some would consider me's a heathern, I tenaciously believe our sense of spirituality and need for many (including myself) to connect to something greater than ourselves is a fundamental human right. For too long, faith...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 11, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
I'm giving this summer the finger. Well, actually, I mean, well, the wave of us Mothers From Hell & Friends is the slightly raised third finger. And that's me above driving The Divorce Mobile in two-thousand-and-something-or-another. And I've...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 9, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Another gem from Nashville-based (daily MUST read) "Spirit Coach" Gregory Fisher, via his June 16, "Gregory Fisher's Treat Yourself to Your Best" This post is entitled "Fingerprint:" "I see people every day who are struggling to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 2, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!
"You know how it is," said my friend who'd just returned from a national autism conference. "After awhile you've heard it all and nothing seems new." "Yes, I know," replied I–The Seminar Slut."But!" she went on to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 26, 2011 | Autism/Disability
Sometimes reality sucks. (Or, we choose to perceive it that way.) I remember the summer of 14. Garnered the best tan of my life (luckily I eventually ceased my sun worship though it took another nearly 10 years). High school loomed and when July 4 exploded in flames...
