by LeisaHammett | Dec 29, 2014 | Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Travel
Sssshhh! Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Or, is it just me? This year more than ever, I’m in touch with a stillness this post-Christmas/pre-New Years week. I’ve named it the “Tween Time.” There’s a hush in the air that feels sacred,...
by LeisaHammett | Aug 21, 2014 | Autism/Disability, Motherhood, Spirituality, Travel
Growing up, our family was the go-to hosts for our faith community’s visiting speakers. Often the guests were international. Many years have passed—three decades—since I hosted international visitors, the last time being in my 20s while I lived in Atlanta. I had...
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 11, 2014 | Autism/Disability, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality, Travel
Blush. My daughter, Grace, turns 20 in one month. And Easter weekend was the first time the two of us ever took off on our own together. Not for a winding interstate trip through the mountains to our South Carolina family. Just us two on an adventure, the destination,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Aug 3, 2013 | Grief & Loss, Motherhood, Nashville!, Travel
  I am friends with the playwrights and others associated with the theater. This is not a personal Kickstarter campaign but one that I support. Dontate here, only 4 days left to help make this a reality:...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jun 29, 2013 | Travel
Hello and happy end of June to you! Hope you're having a good one. I'm at a private writer's retreat in the mountains for the weekend (not pictured here). Rock on! Image: Mountain Magnolia Inn properties, Hot Springs, NC.
by Leisa A. Hammett | May 8, 2013 | Art, Autism/Disability, Nashville!, Travel
Grace has six more days of traditional public school left. That's minus two for a long weekend trip to Disney World with her Dad. Graduation is May 18. Today, I'll be working with a young adult woman with autism to prepare 450 plus packets of GraceArt...
