by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Today I'm back over at MusicCityMoms.net. I'm talking about the labels heaped on special needs children and more specifically, their moms. And, then, what's the difference between. You. And. Me? Join me in considering the difference…or lack thereof....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 31, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality
"Happy Resurrection from Fear to Love, from grief to joy, from ego to Field, from separation to Unity. You are Loved and kept in the Light." Photo & quote originally published last, and a much warmer Easter, April 8, 2012. An Easter message...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 29, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"I know there's a lesson here." I realized there was a lesson in the frustrating experience I was having and that realization came just as I said those words. It took me a while and a talk with my spiritual teacher, to whom I said those words, to know...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 22, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
I walked to my car, keys in hand, my vision blurring with the moisture of tears. A woman had come up behind us in the checkout line and bumped the counter, causing her soup to slosh and spill a dollop. Busy with my order, the clerk didn't notice. So I offered to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 18, 2013 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
A hint of chlorine perfumed my daughter as we left the Y. Zippered and snapped into Gortex, flannel and down–a wool beret on my head, a hoodie on hers–we stepped out into the black night of Friday. A flash of memories streaked before my mind's eye. A...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Just when I thought it was over….When I wrote this blog post series on tea, I thought I was a bit nutty. That no one out here besides me cared. (Although I knew the later was not true, just not sure any of my readers cared.) Thanks for the comments on the blog...
