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Pandemic Reinvention: Grace in the Time of Corona

Pandemic Reinvention: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Dec 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond

I don’t know who is the woman pictured to the left of me. Probably a model. Whomever she is, she inspired me enough to screenshoot her photo last January. I discovered her image yesterday while searching for the photo of Grace and I that bedecked this blog post....
Loving What Is: Grace in the Time of Corona

Loving What Is: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Dec 20, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Uncategorized

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” —Oscar Wilde Increasingly, autism research produces “aha” moments for the scientific community. And, as a recent joint study from University of California, Santa Cruz, and the...
Loving Ourselves: Grace in the Time of Corona

Loving Ourselves: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Dec 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Online Dating, Spirituality, Uncategorized

Yet another female friend of “larger body proportions” has inspired me with an authentic social media post about loving the all of herself. This was my reply turned blog post. When I cut off my blonde curls and went silver and steel, a friend from college...
5-Book Holiday Giveaway-Plus: Grace in the Time of Corona

5-Book Holiday Giveaway-Plus: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Dec 8, 2020 | Art, Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized

  COVID Self-Care 101 = Read a good book! A free book to five lucky winners from yours truly. Happy Holidays! …Nashville is, of course, known for its musical prowess. For several years when I moved back here and answered the “what do you do”...
Transforming Anger: Grace in the Time of Corona

Transforming Anger: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Nov 28, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized

Last Wednesday, while patching together a quick, late lunch of leftover black bean soup, homemade herb bread and a tossed butter-leaf salad, I listened to a YouTube video recommended by a friend and former coach. The woman featured in the video was a controversial...
Thanks.Giving: Grace in the Time of Corona

Thanks.Giving: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Nov 25, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality

This young woman-girl-child. Wise in her own way. Whole, perfect and complete. Just the way she is. As am I, as are you. Ever was, ever will be…. She lives in a state of pure, innocent joy. I captured this spontaneous heartfelt ear-to-ear grin of gratitude as we...
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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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