by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 16, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Seems it's a life of ironies these days. The recent holiday slowed our pace, provided us a temporary change of venue–my sister's home in South Carolina–and a chance to reflect more deeply. One night I looked over at the sweet young woman-child in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 14, 2012 | Midlife and Beyond
"You know you're getting older when you find yourself attracted to men you see at Target and it does not deter you that they are with a teen-aged offspring." So started a stream of comments on Facebook with the above posting….This fall, I'll...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 7, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
At the launch of this journey, when Life announced our path would be one called Autism, I declared: "I will not let my daughter's disAbilty rule our world! We will live fully! Richly! We will not cow from society! We will not hide from opportunity! Damnit! We...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 26, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
It was an eclectic bunch from around Middle Tennessee who clustered at the mammoth log-cabin-style retreat home of a friend's father. Those gathering on a sun-blessed November Thursday shared a common sense of spirituality and a potluck of earthy-homemade...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 17, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
Do you know how important your voice is to the world? Every person has a story. Really. June 1, I was priviledged to join forces with Lacey Lyons, Belmont University adjunct English professor and Courtney Taylor Evans, of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jul 6, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Travel
Funny….Time, when in the midst of it, seems an eternity. Long gone, it is a fleeting memory. Summers past. Precious days. Years-on at a camp inclusion. Then: aged out. Now, 18. We have little such possibility. At the start of our journey, two...
