by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 24, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Daddy & I, Walker Family Reunion, 2006 After a two-year struggle with Parkinsons, "Daddy Gene," my father, is, at the time of this writing–Wednesday night–in the process of transitioning from this Life. Last Thursday marked his 88th birthday....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 21, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"igbok" is the brainchild of uber talented and nice guy artist-painter David Arms of Nashville. Previous posts referencing igbok are here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 16, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
There's a reason why the autism community logo is a puzzle piece. Actually there's a number of reasons, but one of them being that there is a myriad of puzzle pieces to this life of disAbility. And while the puzzle piece also signifies the remaining enigma of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 9, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The blogging conference session was tagged "Advocates and Activists: Harnessing Social Media for Social Good in the Face of Compassion Fatigue." I slipped into the back of the room. Late. I assumed I'd hear about India. Haiti….I was curious, but I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 31, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature
It's the end of January and this morning I crashed. Except for a driving compulsion to sit next to windows when I entered dark restaurants, I was never aware of seasonal affect disorder until my daughter was diagnosed with autism. Then, I became acutely aware of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 10, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Photo: retro traveler It started in college. All those touring esoteric lectures and exotic performing groups. (I went to a Baptist college, so read "exotic" as dramatic and uber artsy.) Then, my first two work places were always offering seminars and...
