by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 7, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
On the first Friday of February, a night of deep-black sky and a rude, coat-clutching chill, my heart was bathed in warm, joy-infused love as I attended my first commitment ceremony. photo: cancunlover15 This is Nashville. Never. Ever. Ever. Short on musical talent....
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 17, 2011 | Obama/Politics, Spirituality
I am reminded today of this post from two years ago on the cusp of the United States' first black president's adminstration. Lore has it that the following sentence was a viral text among the black community during Obama's campaign: "Rosa sat so...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 12, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Please understand: I do not, of course, condone the Saturday shooting spree–the actions of Jared Loughner in Arizona that killed six, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old and wounded 13 others, including beloved congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. When...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 5, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics
That's Husband 2.0 before we met, circa 2005, giving our just stepped down two-term Tennessee Governor, a pink slip. And here's why Dee flashed an undergarment at the Gov.–courtesy of The Tennessean: "A series of enrollment cuts, beginning in 2006...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 20, 2010 | Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
"R Ur Eyes on Jesus? Ur Nabes have their pupils aimed at him, so says the bright yellow-and-black sign in their yard. Merr-ee Xmas. You know who." I scribbled the words on a torn piece of notepaper and stuck them in the shoe box I'd placed in a brown...
