by David Hayward | Jun 7, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm confused
So, you are totally confused. Your journey does not make sense. You have difficulty understanding where you are and therefore even greater difficulty in loving yourself and articulating yourself. You’re feeling a mixture of shame, frustration, and maybe even guilt....
by David Hayward | Jun 2, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
How do I deal with loss? Not very well. I’m human. When I experience loss, I don’t pull out my trusty roadmap for suffering and loss and follow the guidelines. No one has written such a book because each and every response to loss is unique to that individual. There’s...
by David Hayward | May 24, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
I want to share with you all a very personal story of mine. Please bear with me. I think this will be a short but to the point letter. As many of you know, I’ve had a very tough couple of weeks. It’s been grueling actually. It threw me into a funk that was very...
by David Hayward | May 18, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm confused
I want to talk today about being misunderstood. There have been many people on TLS who have felt misunderstood. I have felt misunderstood. In fact, we are all misunderstood at some time or another. I won’t attempt to describe how someone else felt misunderstood. I am...
by David Hayward | May 11, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
Lisa and I just celebrated our 35th anniversary by going on vacation. We had a wonderful time. We’ve been through a lot. We’ve experienced a ton of stuff, under a great deal of strain, and been through tremendous joys. Most of the time we believed it was so wonderful...