by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 2, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
From a Facebook discussion on this "Journey with Grace" post: The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words, featuring grief writing retreat leader/author Amy Lyles Wilson: "Grief is that which surpasses words…the deepest groans of our hearts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 28, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
October days in Nashville can be surprisingly toasty but forthcoming winter breezes whisk away the humidity. It was such a day nearly eight years ago. I stood in line at an author's booth at our city's annual beloved and acclaimed Southern Festival of Books. I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 3, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
They're gone now, you know. Both of them. Their house was sold. Their estate has been settled. Their lovelies–furniture energy-rich with love and lore–was divided, moved and now adorns our respective homes. And now we are left to sort our inner worlds....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 5, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness." — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth Tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, droughts and other natural and man-enduced disasters; record heat;...
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 | Jul 21, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
Have you heard of Byron Katie? It was 2007, I think, that I first heard of Katie & "The Work." I've since met others who have worked with her, I've seen her on video, read about her and done a little work with the four questions myself. Read more...
