by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 10, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Spirituality
It wasn't the site of the clustered brick, white-columned buildings nestled in a leafy hollow, spotted as I rode through the East Tennessee literal hill and dale to arrive at my 30-year college reunion, mid-October. The sight of of the small campus did cause me to...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 6, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
We formed a line that started in the restroom and snaked out the door. We were waiting to use the facilities at a special disAbility fundraising event. The floors were littered, the toliet paper chained to the cement block walls and missing in some stalls, which also...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Dec 2, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Why, my sister bemoaned, do the theaters release a gazillion new must-see flicks at the time of year we busy ourselves the most? My companion and I took Grace to see Life of Pi last night. I remember where I was and what year it was when I read the novel. (It was...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 22, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality
Gratitude is "good." It is heartfelt and lovely. And somehow I missed the call out that the 30 days of November would be a social media exercise for sharing one's daily gratitude via Facebook. So much of the messages on the medium are any thing but...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 19, 2012 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
My heart was full from the day I spent in the East Tennessee valley on the campus of my alma mater. That night, posting photos of shoulder-to-shoulder mug shots of friends, the comments were pouring in on Facebook from alums who had been there, and those who...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Nov 3, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
We've come a long way since the 80s. I was my parent's daughter then, doing what statistically most offspring do–vote their parent's persuasion. That made me a Republican then. In the political landscape of my memory, it was during the rein of...
