by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 21, 2011 | Art, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
I forget she's there. But, she reminds me. Several times a day. Suddenly she changes positions. Thumping the walls made tender by her presence. She's curled up inside me. Fetal position. Tucked inside my heart. Sadness is her name. She's grieving the loss...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Mar 2, 2011 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Photo: david.nikonvscanon At last, my father is at peace, as are we, members of his family who watched him struggle with the brutal onslaught of Parkinson's. He died Tuesday night, March 1, one-and-a-half weeks after his 88th birthday. The post...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 25, 2011 | Art, Spirituality
In it's 10th year of operation, The Frist Center for the Visual Arts keeps getting better. It's newest jewel of an exhibit, Vishnu, Hinduism Blue-Skinned Savior was five years in the making. Joan Cummins, curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 24, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality
Daddy & I, Walker Family Reunion, 2006 After a two-year struggle with Parkinsons, "Daddy Gene," my father, is, at the time of this writing–Wednesday night–in the process of transitioning from this Life. Last Thursday marked his 88th birthday....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 23, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Nashville!, Spirituality
Last November, The Seminar Slut attended NVC Nashville's "Parenting from the Heart." Since SS goes to so many seminars, she's frequently months behind posting her seminar findings here. SS is a regular at local NVC conferences and thinks that...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 21, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, H2H, Our Book, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
"igbok" is the brainchild of uber talented and nice guy artist-painter David Arms of Nashville. Previous posts referencing igbok are here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
