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Details. It’s in the Details

Details. It’s in the Details

by LeisaHammett | Aug 17, 2016 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality

As I locked the back door, I heard the sudden ssshushh in the tops of the deciduous forest behind my condominium. What was that? A storm signaling? Like that day and the days before it and the days before those, it was another hot one in August. I put my keys and...
Graduation to the Real World: See and Hear Us

Graduation to the Real World: See and Hear Us

by LeisaHammett | May 15, 2016 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Uncategorized

It’s Pomp and Circumstance time. Many of my peers are celebrating the graduation of their sons and daughters from high school and a forthcoming path to college. Or, they’re cheering them on as they walk across the stage of their soon-to-be college alma...
Independence Day Nowhere in Sight & A Blog Update

Independence Day Nowhere in Sight & A Blog Update

by LeisaHammett | Feb 15, 2016 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood

At our old, round, love-worn pine table, backlit by the kitchen window, she sat crisscross, her purple manicured toes up to her mid-calves bare to the winter chill. For days during our snow, sleet, rain, stop-and-go late January through mid February, we’d been...

Grace Goad, Art & Autism Capture the News Spotlight Locally + Nationally

by LeisaHammett | Nov 20, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality, Uncategorized

“All news is good news.” We are grateful for the coverage by News Channel 5 of Grace Goad’s art and a blurb for our inclusive nonprofit social enterprise we’re launching to support artists with disAbilities to create, exhibit, and sell their...
An Unforgettable Story of Familial Love and Heartbreaking Choices

An Unforgettable Story of Familial Love and Heartbreaking Choices

by LeisaHammett | Oct 29, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality

Indie Lens Pop-Up in Partnership with The Arc Tennessee brings a FREE Nashville Screening of Mini and Dona with a panel discussion following on November 20. “Heart-wrenching. The film is as unflinching as it is beautiful, chronicling difficult decision-making that...
An Unforgettable Story of Familial Love and Heartbreaking Choices

Art & Film ~ Nashville & Elsewhere

by LeisaHammett | Oct 15, 2015 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Uncategorized

Got a start on your holiday shopping yet? We’ve got lots of fun options for you! In the process, we are excited to be engaged in promoting some fabulous independent films that shine the spotlight on autism/disAbility. Here’s the details ordered by date....
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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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