by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 7, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Technology/Blogging
We interrupt this previously scheduled ArtsFriday post here to mourn the loss of Apple/IPAD creator Steve Jobs who, Wednesday, surrendered in his long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs was a creatively unlimited visionary who made...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 5, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
My 17-year-old skips down a sidewalk in the middle of Vanderbilt University. Ironically, it's the very campus we drove to daily for many years of grueling early autism intervention. That was then. This is now. And seeing her like that there, the word that lit up...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 3, 2011 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
They're gone now, you know. Both of them. Their house was sold. Their estate has been settled. Their lovelies–furniture energy-rich with love and lore–was divided, moved and now adorns our respective homes. And now we are left to sort our inner worlds....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
Yesterday morning after 10 minutes of NPR, I turned off the radio and proceeded with the day. I don't do media coverage of horror. To me, it's self-inflicted emotional torture. All I need to know are the facts and see an image one time. Not watch it over and...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 11, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
For Peace Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world. — Etty...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 5, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness." — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth Tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes, droughts and other natural and man-enduced disasters; record heat;...
