by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 28, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
Sometimes to make a point about the needs of the disAbility community, we have to tell stories that are very real but aren't so pretty. And, every time we open up to reporters, there is chance for human error and misinterpretation. That said, I have been on both...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Oct 21, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
“We are smart, intelligent, loving people who just want to be treated like everyone else.” ~ Joanie Crowley Crowley, a woman with intellectual disAbilities who attended last year's Spout Film Festival in Nashville, is well aware of the chasm in media in regards to...
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 7, 2013 | Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Obama/Politics
A group of nonpartisan East Nashville healthcare advocates, "You're Covered Nashville," decided to share the facts on the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as the much demonized "Obamacare." They've spoken at churches, neighborhood...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Sep 25, 2013 | Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Nashvillian Becca Stevens is a woman of faith. Not a flowery faith that simply flows from one's lips. But a faith that grew arms and legs and encompassed an unseen sector of our city and then grew and grew and embraced people of all classes and races and even...
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...
