by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 18, 2013 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
A hint of chlorine perfumed my daughter as we left the Y. Zippered and snapped into Gortex, flannel and down–a wool beret on my head, a hoodie on hers–we stepped out into the black night of Friday. A flash of memories streaked before my mind's eye. A...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 11, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Just when I thought it was over….When I wrote this blog post series on tea, I thought I was a bit nutty. That no one out here besides me cared. (Although I knew the later was not true, just not sure any of my readers cared.) Thanks for the comments on the blog...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 8, 2013 | Motherhood, Nashville!
Two wise, mentoring women friends from more than one of my Nashville circles are helping to bring a gift to the Nashville parenting community. I'm anxious to tell you about it. Attachment Parenting and Nonviolent Communication are perfect partners, and this...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 6, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
If you don't know what this is about, please click this link, www.r-word.org, and learn and then stop using the R-Word. Please! (And in researching for this post, I found this CNN interview with my blogosphere friend/acquaintaince Ellen Seidman. Be sure to click...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 3, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
Hey folks, I'm guest blogging today about why knowing basic developmental stages are important in parenting our children and my experience of knowing and not knowing these stages and how it impacted my journey with autism. Here's the kicker… Parenting...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 1, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature
Three days, all I did, seemingly, was stand in the kitchen, chop, steep, simmer, stir and wash my hands. Grace came home from her weekend away with a cold. This one was a little more tenacious than the usual variety that we've been able, the last couple of years,...
