by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 25, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Photo by Bill Bangham; art by Grace Walker Goad; graphic design by Kylie Beck. Cover, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Discovery Newsletter, Fall, 2012 issue on Autism Therapies for Adolescents.
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 20, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
It was an impromptu after-school mom-and-daughter date. We leave the coffeehouse, our tongues greedily searching for and savoring minute traces of hot chocolate. On her small back, I place my hand as we walk to our car. Then, it occurs to me in a flash of meaning and...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 6, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
We formed a line that started in the restroom and snaked out the door. We were waiting to use the facilities at a special disAbility fundraising event. The floors were littered, the toliet paper chained to the cement block walls and missing in some stalls, which also...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 29, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Technology/Blogging
I leaned toward the computer screen, squinting. The recent college graduate was explaining the codes and procedures for data entry to me the day I volunteered at the Tennessee Democratic Party Headquarters. I leaned back and said I'd need to go get my reading...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Gratitude is "good." It is heartfelt and lovely. And somehow I missed the call out that the 30 days of November would be a social media exercise for sharing one's daily gratitude via Facebook. So much of the messages on the medium are any thing but...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 19, 2012 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
My heart was full from the day I spent in the East Tennessee valley on the campus of my alma mater. That night, posting photos of shoulder-to-shoulder mug shots of friends, the comments were pouring in on Facebook from alums who had been there, and those who...
