by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 21, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Nashville!
While Georgia touts the peach, (and we native South Carolinians know who's really the peach state,) Tennessee is the queen of the tomato scene. Why, here in hip Nashville, you know, the "It City," according to way-too-many media outlets now, we even have...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 14, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!
A bit belated congratulations to Nina Cardona of Nashville NPR affiliate WPLN FM 90.3. Nina recently won a Tennessee Associated Press first place writing award for her Spring, 2012, story on my daughter, Grace Goad's art. I was really impressed with...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 7, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
This summer, when Grace was not in a camp (Full Circle, Easter Seals, ESY-extended school year-Talker Camp, and her beloved South Carolina-based Camp PhiPhi,) or her summer job at Goodwill, art therapy, or her very last semester of therapeutic horseback riding before...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 5, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
“The days are long, the years are short.” NYT best-selling author Gretchin Rubin made famous that quote in her popular book, The Happiness Project. Spot on. I tried to put my finger on just that sentiment the many years of Grace’s younger days. I had...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 3, 2013 | Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
  I am friends with the playwrights and others associated with the theater. This is not a personal Kickstarter campaign but one that I support. Dontate here, only 4 days left to help make this a reality:...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 1, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!
Today is the first day of school for Metro Nashville Public Schools in Davidson County. Today, August 1. Sixteen years we've been in the system, as Grace began autism early intervention in the district's special education preschool program when she was three....
