by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 17, 2011 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond
"[Rules I’ve unlearned…No. 10] What I now know is that losses aren't cataclysmic if they teach the heart and the soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing. A real tragedy? That the loss of the heart and soul themselves. If you've abandoned yourself...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
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 "Under the Circumstances": "Do we ever find ourselves saying,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 5, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond
This is what happens when both your parents die. You're left with large, elaborately framed photographs of yourself that you don't want. Hand colored studio portraits of you in a starched white dress, a shiny tow-headed bob. (That brief, inexplicable period of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 21, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Travel
"May the sun bring you new energy by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away your worries, may the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life."...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 7, 2011 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond
by Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice– though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried. But...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 16, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor. Welcome and attend them all! Even if they're a crowd of sorrows Who violently sweep your house Empty of its...
