by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 21, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
I was born a triangle. A triangle in a family of circles and squares. There are memories of this dynamic coursing through my familial childhood memories, in preschool, kindergarten, elementary and boldly in middle school. And, oh, gawd, most definitely in high school....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 19, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
"This little heart of mine. I'm gonna let it shine." It was the mid-80's. Nearly three decades before New Thought consciousness terms such as "manifest" would become standard vernacular. But that's what my therapist in essence said was...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 5, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature
Life of flowers from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo. May your Heart Open to JOY in the coming of Spring!
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 1, 2012 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
I am reminded. I am reminded each day as I walk the side street nearby, past the upscale assisted living facility. It is often dinner hour when I pass by. When my daughter was a baby, we called it the arsenic hour. Business-attired women my age drive up along the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 13, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Psychologist Kristin Neff is the mother and wife featured in the book and movie, "The Horse Boy." The movie was reviewed here on "The Journey with Grace." I found Neff's work via a Google search after I first viewed an advance copy of the film....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 6, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality
"The days are long, but the years are short." –Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project January 11, 2012…the date entered at the beginning of the morning's journal entry. It caused me pause….As the seasons come...
