by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 30, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
I'm not going away. I'm just stepping back from this here. The blog, that is. It's a decision with which I've struggled for at least a year. To stop posting my regular, like clockwork, three-times a week on "The Journey with Grace" so...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 28, 2013 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
“You see, the big thing for me is to love reality and not live in the imagination, not live in what could have been or what should have been or what can be, and somewhere, to love reality and then discover that God is present.” ~ Jean Vanier, founder,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 25, 2013 | Art, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
Holllywood apparently took an extended summer vacation. The only movies I caught at the cinema this summer season were children's. Some good. Some not so good. But Grace was happy. However, I was not in the sense that I missed that annual ritual of cooling off in...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 16, 2013 | All The Rest of Life, Art, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Dustin Hoffman, in the video below, tears up repeatedly when he realizes what it's like to be a woman. This is something that every man should watch. I hope everyone will. It's three minutes. Just do it. (I know the women folks will. 😉
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 | Jul 29, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
From his active Facebook persona and well-established blog, I knew that author Robert Rummel-Hudson was a bit edgy. And, (my bad,) I'd never heard of the author until he appeared on a Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson panel of parents discussing augmentive assistive...
