by LeisaHammett | Nov 16, 2015 | Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Travel
I don’t know what to say about Paris. So, for two days I have written nothing in my social networks. What can I do but hold the victims in my heart? Practice staying in the moment. (I say practice because it’s not something I’ve yet fully mastered.)...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 20, 2015 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
It’s now two days after many of us awakened with the news of the Charleston racially motivated mass shooting that claimed, among them, a senator’s life and took place in a beautiful historic African American church while its innocent and unaware and...
by LeisaHammett | Apr 16, 2015 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
In our nearly two-decades-old, small, local meet-up group of moms with sons and daughters who have disAbilities, (plus a dad or two, and a few friends who work on behalf of our community,) we call her the queen. Not just any queen, but the Queen Mother. Or,...
by LeisaHammett | Dec 5, 2014 | Art, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
I will no longer shoot peace symbols to people in traffic. Tonight I learned my lesson. About five years ago, I spontaneously started shooting peace symbols to cars in my rearview mirror when they allowed me to cut in front of them or when they allowed me to walk in...
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 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...
