by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 11, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!, Nature
"When we innocently pass through a day without acknowledging our good, we are denying ourselves a sense of pleasure and delight. We lose a consciousness of expectation that things will continue to get even better. Gratitude is it's own prayer."...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 4, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
Study, Angel Oak; drawing by Charles Brindley My recently deceased father instilled my love for trees. One-hundred-year oaks and cedars and younger varieties were generous on our family land. "I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree,"...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 2, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
From a Facebook discussion on this "Journey with Grace" post: The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words, featuring grief writing retreat leader/author Amy Lyles Wilson: "Grief is that which surpasses words…the deepest groans of our hearts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 28, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Spirituality
October days in Nashville can be surprisingly toasty but forthcoming winter breezes whisk away the humidity. It was such a day nearly eight years ago. I stood in line at an author's booth at our city's annual beloved and acclaimed Southern Festival of Books. I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 18, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!
In honor of all the beautiful women who have survived, are struggling with or who passed on because of Breast Cancer. October, of course, is Breast Cancer Month: I love Nashville. It is a city with Spirit, Spunk and crammed to overflow with Creativity. In all forms....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
Guest Post by "Spectrum Mom" of AutismReads.com In her recent blog post, "Forever Child," on "The Journey with Grace," Leisa writes beautifully about her Grace seeing the world from a different perspective than the college freshman in the...
