by David Hayward | Jan 28, 2018 | David's Letters, I'm sad
For those of you not keeping up with the news in our private Facebook group, I have an announcement you should hear. One of our founding members and facilitators, Chris McGill, passed away suddenly on Thursday. He was at work and was found in the bathroom. The autopsy...
by David Hayward | Sep 17, 2017 | David's Letters, I'm sad
Is it okay to grieve the loss of something that wasn’t good? Of course. Any kind of grief must be respected. The feelings of sadness we might feel for losing anything at all is valid. Why is this? Partially, it’s because the things we lost were a part of a situation...
by David Hayward | Nov 7, 2016 | David's Letters, I'm confused, I'm sad
Goodbye to the Ghetto Not longer ago in our private Facebook group I shared that I was experiencing some grief. I feel like I’m losing something and moving on to a new place that is unfamiliar but not unpleasant. I appreciate that some of you have reached out to me...
by David Hayward | Sep 13, 2015 | David's Letters, I'm sad
#TW suicide Hi guys! I want to tell you a story that might help you understand what helped to build my philosophy behind TLS and why I do the things I do the way I do them, and why TLS is the way it is. This story starts in the winter of 2007. Sarah, in the...
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...
