by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 8, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nashville!, Nature, Spirituality, Travel
"Happy Resurrection from Fear to Love, from grief to joy, from ego to Field, from separation to Unity. You are Loved and kept in the Light." This email from my beloved spiritual teacher greeted me this Easter morning. I wanted to share...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 3, 2012 | Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Ahh, Facebook, you sly devil, you. I thinks you've gone and done it again. You've changed things on me, just when I least expect and just when I thought I was beginning to settle into the new from the last time you upset my ol' apple cart. I got a message...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 28, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Spirituality
Grasping a few stolen moments, I busily typed away, entering into the computer the volunteer protocol for setting up communion in our small Lutheran church (ECLA). C. was new there and already active. She stopped and chatted and then, cocking her head to the side, she...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 26, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Nature, Spirituality
"Why?" Two friends and I have asked on multiple occasions during separate gatherings with each other: We know that our spirtual practices of yoga, meditation and journaling–throw in walking in nature, etc.–serve us greatly. They help keep...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 19, 2012 | Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
"This little heart of mine. I'm gonna let it shine." It was the mid-80's. Nearly three decades before New Thought consciousness terms such as "manifest" would become standard vernacular. But that's what my therapist in essence said was...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 14, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
To date, the well-intended young man who suggested my daughter with autism relieve her symptoms with a few tokes on a joint wins my personal autism mother's prize for the most bizarre uninvited suggestion for my daughter's disAbility. Many others have...
