by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 9, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The blogging conference session was tagged "Advocates and Activists: Harnessing Social Media for Social Good in the Face of Compassion Fatigue." I slipped into the back of the room. Late. I assumed I'd hear about India. Haiti….I was curious, but I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 2, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood
In the Urban Forest of our local park, Mama Bear [that would be me] was walking six paces behind her cub. Said cub was peddling the strangest of bikes on the paved track. A three-wheeled contraption. An adult-sized trike. Manufactured for cubs like my own who, because...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 31, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature
It's the end of January and this morning I crashed. Except for a driving compulsion to sit next to windows when I entered dark restaurants, I was never aware of seasonal affect disorder until my daughter was diagnosed with autism. Then, I became acutely aware of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 26, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Assumption Number One: Yes, I've been Divorced. No, he was not/is not a scoundrel. No, I was not left Desperate. Destitute. Or, Deeply Depressed from The Big D. We had a healthy, peaceful, professionally mediated Divorce. We conducted ourselves like adults...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 19, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville Flood, Nashville!
"Oh. No. Is that Rain? Or…" Quickly, I rushed to the front door. Opened it….No rain. That meant my fears were correct and the sound of water was coming from our garage/basement. It began on an otherwise peaceful Saturday night. Husband 2.0 and I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 27, 2010 | Art, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging, Travel
Copyrighted Photo: Leisa A. Hammett, Grayton Beach Struck was I by this blog post by my all-time favorite blogger, Chookooloonks, also a first-time author of a book I'm LAPPING up right now. She talks in this post about her jaundiced view (my wording) of a nearby...
