by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 29, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss
photo: RebekahPope.com* The dishes were cleared. The nightly biomedical supplement routine completed. I stood in the kitchen face to face with a tall girl playing a spur-of-the-moment version of patty-cake. Our own version. She was getting it, I thought as I looked...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 22, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss
"What do your children want for Christmas?" The discussion board posed the question. For several years after my daughter's diagnosis of autism, Christmases were emotionally challenging. It's a holiday keenly focused on children. And our child...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 12, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss
November 2010 crept in and then out again quietly. The previous November was not so quite for Rebekah Pope and myself as photographer and producer/author, respectively, of From Heartache to Hope: Middle Tennessee Families Living with Autism. Featured...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 10, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
In Hitchhiking With Larry David, author Paul Samuel Dolman spends a sultry summer in Martha's Vineyard nursing a heartbreak, which he subsequently distills and slathers onto the pages of his second book in a unique healing balm of words ripe and rich with humor,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 8, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
"Dear Family, On Wednesday, we had a bowling match against David Lipscomb. I won 2 of my 3 games! The second game was really close… I only beat my opponent by 5 pins! Ms. Amanda was on the edge of her seat. The girls on the other team were nice, and most of them...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 6, 2010 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
Mother. I miss you. Seems as if I do more now that time has gone on. Two years since your exit from our world here, December 2008. It's funny how you'll come to my mind. Like last week when I grabbed your old cosmetic case to use it for Grace. When I opened...
