by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 20, 2012 | All The Rest of Life, Grief & Loss
Someone special left earth Monday night. I met Jim Newton when I was a whipper snapper still in college, a senior holding down my studies and commuting an hour from school to the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville where I was the communications director for an...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 19, 2012 | Art, Nashville!
It's been a wordy week here at "The Journey with Grace" with two long posts ("An Irreverent Homage to a Mentor" bookending the week on ArtsFriday tomorrow,) and with the week's kick-off post featuring a personal domestic affairs update and...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 18, 2012 | Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Motherhood, Spirituality
grace n A favor rendered. A[n…] immunity or exemption; a reprieve. Divine love and protection bestowed freely […]. The state of being protected […]. Suddenly….Life as I'd known it somersaulted up into the air,...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 16, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability, Divorce, Grief & Loss, Midlife and Beyond, Spirituality, Technology/Blogging
…This is the blog post that once upon a time I dreaded writing. Back last early June when I moved out of the house I shared with Husband 2.0, I dreaded the thought of coming here and posting this very personal and once very painful news. And then, over the...
by Leisa A. Hammett | Jan 13, 2012 | Art, Autism/Disability
Gangbusters! That's how it's going in the land of GraceArt* over here. Why? A lot of reasons, but in part kudos and gratitude goes to a pioneer autism mom who is making her way across the country and world, driven by her passion for "artism." ...