by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 14, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
Have you seen the 31 days (of October) blogosphere campaigns? The take of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt's Wishing Well blog is "31 Days of Miracles." I've loved this particular series and have opened a little shared...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 2, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality
Leading a Special Needs Ministry: A Special Guide to Including Children and Loving Families, Amy Fenton Lee. Guest Post/Book Review by Donna Reagan* Everyone, it seems, loves babies, especially fresh, new ones that can be held, comforted, cuddled and nurtured into...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 15, 2013 | Art, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Newtown, Obama/Politics
Monday, Sept. 16, 2013–A tired, VERY frustrated same-ol-same-ol ADDENDUM, to yesterday's post. Today's Washington, DC, ship-yard shooting suspect had a Texas concealed weapon permit. WHAT WILL IT TAKE, AMERICA?! Rising from the sad, sad, reality of the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 30, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
I'm not going away. I'm just stepping back from this here. The blog, that is. It's a decision with which I've struggled for at least a year. To stop posting my regular, like clockwork, three-times a week on "The Journey with Grace" so...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 28, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
“You see, the big thing for me is to love reality and not live in the imagination, not live in what could have been or what should have been or what can be, and somewhere, to love reality and then discover that God is present.” ~ Jean Vanier, founder,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 12, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
I got it. As I drove out of the lot, my car dwarfed by the yellow school buses in the school district bus lot, I realized that I'd move a mountain for my child. Hell, yes. And a little while later, I plugged into the energy of my other mothering friends who also...
