by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 3, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Hey folks, I'm guest blogging today about why knowing basic developmental stages are important in parenting our children and my experience of knowing and not knowing these stages and how it impacted my journey with autism. Here's the kicker… Parenting...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 1, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature
Three days, all I did, seemingly, was stand in the kitchen, chop, steep, simmer, stir and wash my hands. Grace came home from her weekend away with a cold. This one was a little more tenacious than the usual variety that we've been able, the last couple of years,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 18, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
Okay! Ready? To make tea, you boil tap water, pour, steep and sip. Right? Worse, nuke a mug of tap water. Right? Nope and nope. Trust me. The type of water and how it's heated does affect the taste. I'll skip the parts about what temperature and bringing to a...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 17, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Wednesday night I sent my sisters a text, reminding them that the next day, Valentine's, was our mother's "favorite holiday" and told them that I loved them. When we were growing up, on February 14 each year, Mother would repurpose the old red Easter...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Midlife and Beyond
You're back?! Good! It's still officially winter. I'll switch off to iced almond milk decaf lattes or iced Passion tea when the weather warms, but as long as the trees remain naked, I'm warming my insides with–ahhhh-a cozy mug of simmering hot...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
My writing mentor/coach, Portland, Ore.-based Charlotte Rains Dixon–whom I met through Middle Tennessee State University's Writer's Loft–tagged me to participate in a blog hop about my next book. She was tagged, then she tagged me and some other...
