by Leisa A. Hammett | May 23, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
"Don't You Stuff it! Don't. You. Stuff it, Leisa!" I had just finished a harsh yet intimate, soul-digging session with my spiritual teacher. The truth hurt. The truth shocked. We both cried. The truth that surprised me but yet I knew was spot on was...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
It's that nasty lil' thing we do–especially mothers–within the autism community. I've written about it here several times in a more general life context. It's a little bit of that ages-old keeping up the the Joneses self-inflicted torture....
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
Some creative-thinking folks conjured up this event where I'll be speaking Sunday: In Middle Tennessee, we are very blessed to have a long-standing, highly successfully recreational and therapeutic horseback riding program for children and youth with disAbilities,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 25, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Nashville!
The lights were off and the chirping cricket chorus was deafening. For a year, my dear publisher and collaborator-photographer and I had a serious disagreement with the charity benefiting from our book, From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 8, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
"Happy Resurrection from Fear to Love, from grief to joy, from ego to Field, from separation to Unity. You are Loved and kept in the Light." This email from my beloved spiritual teacher greeted me this Easter morning. I wanted to share...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 26, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nature, Spirituality
"Why?" Two friends and I have asked on multiple occasions during separate gatherings with each other: We know that our spirtual practices of yoga, meditation and journaling–throw in walking in nature, etc.–serve us greatly. They help keep...
