by Leisa A. Hammett | May 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
"Can you feel joy amid pain? I say: Yes. Definition of bittersweet." –May 5 at 9:45am tweet via HootSuite –LeisaHammett Phillip Moffitt, former entrepreneur turned Esquire magazine owner and editor-in-chief turned spiritual teacher spoke at...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 4, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
"Where design and motherhood and intersect." That's the tagline for DesignMom, one of the internet's most intriguing, savvy blog-enterprises and blog owners–Gabrielle Blair. She's a designer and mother of six–the youngest just...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 11, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
photo: net_efekt, which first appeared on this blog here. The early spring air was unkindly cool as I gingerly slogged across a soggy post-storm yard to the mail box. Trees, grass, flowers announced the turn from winter. A large black BMW pulled out of my...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 6, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss
"An essential guidebook that will help all the creative, quirky, geeky, and wonderfully different kids to become successful in life."–Temple Grandin Nashville's Center for Understanding hosts John Elder Robison Saturday, April 9 in "My...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 4, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss, Nature, Spirituality
by Janis Hammett "You know, I loved my Mother dearly, but I was my Daddy’s girl; and even if Daddy had not just passed, to look out and see all of you here would bring me to tears. I know you’re here because you loved my Daddy too and that just means the world to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 30, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss
A wonderfully, heart-touchingly honest (and evolved) look from filmmaker dad Erik Linthorst– In 2009, thanks to the widely successful and dynamic Nashville Film Festival*, I met talented filmmaker-special needs father and all-around nice guy Erik...
