by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 13, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Despite my self-pledge to post less and keep it lighter this holiday, today's post today is published in honor of the thousands of Tennesseans living with disAbilities who receive minimal but important funds from The Family Support Program, which is currently on...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 7, 2011 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Bite. Pull. Tear. Quickly: lick the juice before it streams a forearm's length. This morning I stood above my kitchen sink peeling an orange for breakfast. As I sloughed the thick rind, bearing the translucent juice-bursting slices, I thought of her. And when I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 27, 2011 | Divorce, Grief & Loss
Every holiday we gathered, in the chairs on either end of the dining room table sat our parents–our mother nearest the kitchen, our father heading the furthest end. Each year, the last decade-and-a-half, we watched as they, bookending us, grew more...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 24, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
My sisters and I will be gathering for our first Thanksgiving as orphaned adult children. We will resume the tradition started by our father: When we sit down to the blessed feast steaming before us, we will go around the table, each of us sharing...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Technology/Blogging
Today's usual Wednesday "Autism/DisAbility" blog entry is posted over at imamomtoo. Please click over and read my take about taking responsibility for our own feelings when we "think" others are staring at or judging our children with autism...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 7, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce
If you drove by me topless between 2003 and 2004, then YOU'RE to blame! Now my English teacher friend corrected me for writing topless in the same sentence where I referenced driving my convertible. "Leisa, we must be clear that it was the car, not you, that...
