by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 15, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
It was one of those AHA! moments. Not exactly of the EUREKA! variety. You know, where the legendary bulb suddenly lights up the contents of one's formerly clouded cranium. This was more like a dimmer switch that was slowly turned up to it's full capacity. The...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 23, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!
The guest band was rocking. I stood by the ice cream truck watching my daughter do her wacky dance. She'd led us over to the truck and kept periodically asking for ice cream and pointing to the pictures on the truck, but just about the time we'd cue up for a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
More thoughts on making peace with public perceptions of disAbility differences. (Written as a Facebook response to another special needs mother, much younger than I and newer to the Journey): Special needs parents have the challenge of not only dealing with the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 9, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
All the axioms are true and apply: I'm a work in progress. | Aren't we all? | Grief is a process. Then there's disAbility grief. A form of grief that never ends. If dealt with, it lessens. It diminishes. But, because there is no death, no making a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!
"The only thing that remains the same is change!" My nurse practitioner, Sally, would cackle after she'd spout those too-true and sage words each time I'd visit her during my seemingly never-ending years of perimenopause. I've hit menopause now...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 20, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
My intuition told me not to say it. I'm glad I listened. In time, my own child would be diagnosed with a disAbility and I got it that my good intentions may not have been received so warmly…. I admired my neighbor for many reasons. She also had a daughter...
