Dear Hale:

As I read about what you wish: to shine in public, to play the violin, to have a Doberman and live in a tiny house on a mountain… I smiled and felt a warm feeling for you. Then I read: “to be looked at in a positive light”- and I thought to myself: I just did, I just looked at Hale in a positive light!

You wrote: “Even though I was criticized as a child and treated harshly I was still loved”- I wonder how you were loved and I wonder if you felt loved… I remember when I was a child- the new clothes, toys, gifts.. did not at all make up for the harsh treatment.

(I will be away from the computer for a few hours)

anita