by Leisa A. Hammett | May 6, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Nashville Flood, Nature, Spirituality
by Leisa A. Hammett, www.LeisaHammett.comOutside and overhead, we could hear the circling clop-clop of television news station helicopters and the occasional zoom of Vanderbilt Medical University LifeFlights. Inside we were trapped in a surreal universe, disconnected...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 30, 2010 | Art, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nature, Technology/Blogging
Writer, author, blogger, editor, Kathy Rhodes , (front,) meeting life's turbulent waters head on! Photo: First Draft.Why do I write so much about Grief? I've experienced a hefty share of it. It's given me an opportunity to learn from it. Grief has...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 21, 2010 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
A British human rights journalist and horse trainer, his American wife–a university professor of psychology–and their son with autism "do something crazy." They travel across the world and ride horseback across Mongolia seeking a shamanic...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 16, 2010 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Motherhood
Photo–protected by copyright: From Heartache to Hope photographer and book collaborator, Rebekah Pope The Blade Family At 17, Logan Blade is somewhat intense–not much on chitchat. Earphones plugged in or not, the rising senior is tapping a perpetual...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 15, 2010 | Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Disclaimer: as a member of the local media with press credentials to the Nashville Film Festival, I am sometimes approached by filmmakers seeking coverage. I felt that this poignant-seeming film fit well into my themes here of spirituality, aging, grief, loss, etc.,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 9, 2010 | Art, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
Disclaimer: this is an independent review. I was not paid or asked to provide the following endorsement.In Spiritual Divorce: Divorce as a Catalyst for an Extraordinary Life, New York Times bestselling author and life coach Debbie Ford writes from hard-earned...
