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...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Apr 25, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Spirituality
Check out the name of the website at the end. Wow!: Attitude is Altitude !
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...
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...
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...
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...