by LeisaHammett | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
COVID-19 has been many things to each of the many of us. Right now, I’m working on neutrality. It’s not an easy place. It’s a Buddhist place, although I’m not a Buddhist or anything but spiritual. By neutral, I mean attempting to observe and...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 14, 2020 | Art, Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Happy birthday, yesterday, to my only child. My daughter. My baby—now grown up young woman. Last year you turned a quarter of a century and those closest to you gathered at a restaurant and celebrated your milestone birthday. This year, while only a year older, of...
by LeisaHammett | May 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Dear Peeps, You know why we’re having racial protests right smack in the middle of a pandemic, don’t you? Think hard with me here….In this sub-series in The Journey with Grace—”Grace in the Time of Corona,” I’ve been writing about...
by LeisaHammett | May 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Mother always said: “If you point a finger at someone, remember, you have four pointing back at you!” So. As I write on the scorching hot topic of judging, I’m highly cognizant that I’m outnumbered in the pointy finger department. I’m...
by LeisaHammett | May 21, 2020 | Art, COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond
It’s odd how much can change in four month’s time. Especially while wading through the warped reality of a pandemic. Before COVID-19 came knocking, back when 2020 made its sparkly and starry-eyed with-hope-and-great- promise debut, I reconnected...
by LeisaHammett | May 10, 2020 | Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Uncategorized
The act of becoming a mother means that some invisible hand of life-emotions reaches down into the very pit of your heart and takes a wrench hold. You will never be the same. You have joined the universal community of motherhood. There’s no turning back. If one...
