by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 16, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!
Tomorrow night I will do something I do six times a year. I will stand before a room of parents, grandparents, teachers and other greater Nashville community members. I will follow an hour presentation by a speech therapist, a psychologist–by...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 14, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood
I am my mother's daughter. I am my mother's daughter when I entertain company. Any occasion for her was an occasion to serve her signature chicken curry or chocolate fudge-icing bundt cake and Maxwell House coffee. I love to entertain. She used to say I was...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 2, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
From a Facebook discussion on this "Journey with Grace" post: The Language of Loss: Putting Grief Into Words, featuring grief writing retreat leader/author Amy Lyles Wilson: "Grief is that which surpasses words…the deepest groans of our hearts....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 24, 2011 | Art, Motherhood, Nature, Technology/Blogging, Travel
How rude. Monday's here and Grace is back in school and Life dares to return to…"normal." Especially rude in that last week was our luscious fall break. It was my fourth fall break pilgrimage to Grayton Beach, the sweet little state-park-protected...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 18, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!
In honor of all the beautiful women who have survived, are struggling with or who passed on because of Breast Cancer. October, of course, is Breast Cancer Month: I love Nashville. It is a city with Spirit, Spunk and crammed to overflow with Creativity. In all forms....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood
Guest Post by "Spectrum Mom" of AutismReads.com In her recent blog post, "Forever Child," on "The Journey with Grace," Leisa writes beautifully about her Grace seeing the world from a different perspective than the college freshman in the...
