by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 4, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss
Recently on "The Journey with Grace," I ressurrected and published an older post, "Blue Morning Regime." This morning I revisited the subject matter….I awakened to "a blue morning." Some people's morning neurochemistry,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 28, 2012 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
Wait! Please, wait…my eldest sister urged….I was an emerging college senior. It was all the rage of the bold, vogue and hipsters amongst my college to flee the rule of dorm mothers and share a local apartment on the periphery of our small East Tennessee...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 21, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss
In my Elmer Fudd morning voice, I croaked "Hello…" to my friend Fran who telephoned on her way to work. First, she paused, and then, by the sound of her voice I could tell she was a bit surprised by the fact that I was obviously still under the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Seems it's a life of ironies these days. The recent holiday slowed our pace, provided us a temporary change of venue–my sister's home in South Carolina–and a chance to reflect more deeply. One night I looked over at the sweet young woman-child in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 7, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
At the launch of this journey, when Life announced our path would be one called Autism, I declared: "I will not let my daughter's disAbilty rule our world! We will live fully! Richly! We will not cow from society! We will not hide from opportunity! Damnit! We...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 31, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
One fall-out of all the workshops, classes, conferences and workshops I've attended are the plethora of notes. I have storage bins and shelves of note-crammed journals. Transcribed here, from the little black notebook that hitches a ride in my purse, are these...
