by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 16, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Spirituality
There's a reason why the autism community logo is a puzzle piece. Actually there's a number of reasons, but one of them being that there is a myriad of puzzle pieces to this life of disAbility. And while the puzzle piece also signifies the remaining enigma of...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 14, 2011 | All The Rest of Life, Spirituality
Thursday and Friday, the Snow Sloth in co-hoots with the Seminar Slut this past weekend has declared this St. Valentine's Day missive a very short one. (YAY!) From this weekend's seminar: What is the meaning of the word "Universe?" uni- one verse-...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 9, 2011 | Art, Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
The blogging conference session was tagged "Advocates and Activists: Harnessing Social Media for Social Good in the Face of Compassion Fatigue." I slipped into the back of the room. Late. I assumed I'd hear about India. Haiti….I was curious, but I...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Feb 7, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
On the first Friday of February, a night of deep-black sky and a rude, coat-clutching chill, my heart was bathed in warm, joy-infused love as I attended my first commitment ceremony. photo: cancunlover15 This is Nashville. Never. Ever. Ever. Short on musical talent....
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 26, 2011 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
Assumption Number One: Yes, I've been Divorced. No, he was not/is not a scoundrel. No, I was not left Desperate. Destitute. Or, Deeply Depressed from The Big D. We had a healthy, peaceful, professionally mediated Divorce. We conducted ourselves like adults...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 17, 2011 | Obama/Politics, Spirituality
I am reminded today of this post from two years ago on the cusp of the United States' first black president's adminstration. Lore has it that the following sentence was a viral text among the black community during Obama's campaign: "Rosa sat so...
