by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 17, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Wednesday night I sent my sisters a text, reminding them that the next day, Valentine's, was our mother's "favorite holiday" and told them that I loved them. When we were growing up, on February 14 each year, Mother would repurpose the old red Easter...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 12, 2013 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nature, Spirituality
There. There it was. A sign….A year-and-a-half ago, I walked down the sidewalk from my then rental condo. I had just months before moved out and moved on from Marriage 2.0. There. There on the sidewalk, lay a heart-shaped leaf. I took a picture of it, and shared...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
My writing mentor/coach, Portland, Ore.-based Charlotte Rains Dixon–whom I met through Middle Tennessee State University's Writer's Loft–tagged me to participate in a blog hop about my next book. She was tagged, then she tagged me and some other...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 1, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
They come and go. These people, in and out of our lives. A constant, steady stream. When my daughter was scheduled for an evaluation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Child Development Center, the form asked if we wanted psychological support. Blessedly, I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 25, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
The juiciest, most voracious years of my life for loosing myself in between the pages of a library's worth of books were in my mid-20s when I rode the bus and train from the suburb of Stone Mountain to midtown Atlanta. Followed by the years I spent cumulative...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 7, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
Hey there! Do a virtual hop, skip and a jump with me today as I blog o'er at The Wishing Well at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. I'm recapping some strategies that have taken me through the last 18 years on the real-time Journey with...
