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Called to Love, Compassion & Community…

by Leisa A. Hammett | May 10, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Obama/Politics, Spirituality

"And it is my hope that each one of you may experience the incredible gift of the friendship of people who are poor and weak, that you, too, may receive life from them. For they call us to love, to compassion and to community." –Jean Vanier I'd say...

“Be Thankful. Dream Big. Never Give Up”

by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 25, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Spirituality

  Check out the name of the website at the end. Wow!: Attitude is Altitude !

The Secret of Truly Living

by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 18, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Spirituality

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. —Henry Drummond This reflection is an excerpt from  Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with...

Aging Parents: the Good, the Bad & the Buddhist

by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 11, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality

photo: net_efekt, which first appeared on this blog here. The early spring air was unkindly cool as I gingerly slogged across a soggy post-storm yard to the mail box. Trees, grass, flowers announced the turn from winter. A large black BMW pulled out of my...

“You Are My Sunshine:” A Eulogy For my Father, Gene Hammett

by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 4, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss, Nature, Spirituality

by Janis Hammett "You know, I loved my Mother dearly, but I was my Daddy’s girl; and even if Daddy had not just passed, to look out and see all of you here would bring me to tears. I know you’re here because you loved my Daddy too and that just means the world to...

End of Life Issues

by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 28, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality

Photo: Mishelle Lane of "Secret Agent Mama." In her youth, Sarah was a beauty queen. Once I saw her Furman University pageant picture. A full hour-glass figure in a modest, aqua, one piece-polyester swim suit. As I stood at the front of the church sanctuary...
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GRACE GOAD | AUTISM ART:

Shimai Gallery of Contemporary Craft
8400 Highway 100, Nashville, Tenn.
(Little cottage in the far corner of the Loveless Cafe complex.)

FEATURED POSTS

  • Blossoming: All New Grace Goad Works, Shimai Gallery
  • Message of the Mammoth Moth: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Year Two—Still Seeking the Resurrection: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Lessons of the Lenten Roses: Grace in the Time of Corona
  • Self-Love on V-Day: Grace in the Time of Corona

FROM HEARTACHE TO HOPE

From Heartache to Hope: middle tennessee families living with autism, a book by Leisa A. Hammett & photographer Rebekah Pope. Click here for more info plus ordering details.

Grace Goad Autism Art

ABOUT LEISA HAMMETT

Hi! I’m a writer and a speaker, and I represent the art of my young adult daughter, Grace Goad, who has autism. We’ve been featured on The View, Al Jazeera America, and in numerous television, radio, magazine, newspaper, and online features. I’ve written one book about autism and I’m working on spiritual memoir about living with autism. Hope you’ll hang out here online with us.

 

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