by LeisaHammett | Jul 5, 2020 | Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
At the dawn of this holiday weekend, I received another of a sporadic series of videos and memes from an elder neighbor. I don’t know this spunky woman well and I assume no ill of her intent with her shares. But they are always diametrically opposed to my own...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Nature, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Pandemic salve, solace, and salvation have manifested in the form of forested park walks these last nearly four months. Hardly a day has passed without their denouement. Emotional fatigue, battles of the mind, of the heart, were almost always dissected in the cocoon...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Midlife and Beyond, Nature, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
These. Are candid words. They will be offensive to some. I speak my truth. Sometimes truth hurts. I was raised Southern Baptist. It wasn’t until working for the denomination, in my fifth communications position, that I saw true Christian love demonstrated and...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality
COVID-19 has been many things to each of the many of us. Right now, I’m working on neutrality. It’s not an easy place. It’s a Buddhist place, although I’m not a Buddhist or anything but spiritual. By neutral, I mean attempting to observe and...
by LeisaHammett | Jun 14, 2020 | Art, Autism/Disability, COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Happy birthday, yesterday, to my only child. My daughter. My baby—now grown up young woman. Last year you turned a quarter of a century and those closest to you gathered at a restaurant and celebrated your milestone birthday. This year, while only a year older, of...
by LeisaHammett | May 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Obama/Politics, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Dear Peeps, You know why we’re having racial protests right smack in the middle of a pandemic, don’t you? Think hard with me here….In this sub-series in The Journey with Grace—”Grace in the Time of Corona,” I’ve been writing about...
