by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 28, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Photo: Mishelle Lane of "Secret Agent Mama." In her youth, Sarah was a beauty queen. Once I saw her Furman University pageant picture. A full hour-glass figure in a modest, aqua, one piece-polyester swim suit. As I stood at the front of the church sanctuary...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 21, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
I forget she's there. But, she reminds me. Several times a day. Suddenly she changes positions. Thumping the walls made tender by her presence. She's curled up inside me. Fetal position. Tucked inside my heart. Sadness is her name. She's grieving the loss...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 19, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Nashville!
…Wondering…? Will Springtime Bloom In my Heart? I think that it might just. Photo: Lydia Honeypot
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 15, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond
Both my parents left us three daughters in the cold clutch of Winter. Thus, the food that generously arrived on my eldest sister's kitchen counter did so warmly, containing multiple ingredients of Comfort. My folks, we are of the South. And we bear the heavy...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 7, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nature
Oh. February. You–the second month of 2011. You've done it again. Delivered your annual numerical tease. First, You dump upon my already frozen body more white stuff. I think. January and December snowed so much, I lose track of it. On day 14, You blossom in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 2, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Photo: david.nikonvscanon At last, my father is at peace, as are we, members of his family who watched him struggle with the brutal onslaught of Parkinson's. He died Tuesday night, March 1, one-and-a-half weeks after his 88th birthday. The post...
