by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 15, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
It was one of those AHA! moments. Not exactly of the EUREKA! variety. You know, where the legendary bulb suddenly lights up the contents of one's formerly clouded cranium. This was more like a dimmer switch that was slowly turned up to it's full capacity. The...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 6, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Midlife and Beyond, Travel
"You better watch how you ask that question!" Like some ol' crotchety lady, I warned the uber-young, perky, slightly self-conscious co-ed who registered me at the alumni registration table. It'd been 10 years since I'd ventured back to the sleepy...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 31, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
We’re still experiencing the double fall-out of an Epic Move! But, Monday night, we took time for FUN at the Brentwood YMCA’s Full Circle program for youth with disAbilities. This special program collaborated with the sweet, kind and gracious men’s...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
More thoughts on making peace with public perceptions of disAbility differences. (Written as a Facebook response to another special needs mother, much younger than I and newer to the Journey): Special needs parents have the challenge of not only dealing with the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 4, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!
"The only thing that remains the same is change!" My nurse practitioner, Sally, would cackle after she'd spout those too-true and sage words each time I'd visit her during my seemingly never-ending years of perimenopause. I've hit menopause now...
