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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”...
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...
Nonreaction: Grace in the Time of Corona

Nonreaction: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Nov 4, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized

From the perch of his high-backed Queen Anne chair, he stabbed his finger in the air and moved it in a series of dips and valleys. “That’s how you are right now. We need to get you to more of an even keel.” I was 25 and he was the first of a series...
Hang Tough: Grace in the Time of Corona

Hang Tough: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Nov 2, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality

Musings on this dark, early November Monday evening…. The change of seasons have a way of slap shocking me into the reality of time’s passage. Nothing else seems to have the effect of making me realize the years are spinning by faster and faster. And a...

Remember to Breathe: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Oct 31, 2020 | COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized

  I can feel it. In you. In me. It’s like a breath caught and suspended in our individual and collective throats. I originally wrote and posted the following on Facebook. It resonated with folks. And, I keep returning to the post’s message in my...
Timing: Grace in the Time of Corona

Timing: Grace in the Time of Corona

by LeisaHammett | Oct 11, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging, Uncategorized

Sometimes things don’t work out when and how we want them to because they aren’t supposed to do so. Sometimes the solution reveals itself is down the road in time. The week Tennessee and most of the nation’s shut down, we went from three personal...
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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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