Walking Distance Pilgrimage Parenthood Grief and Home Repairs In the summer of David Hlavsa and his wife Lisa Holtby embarked on a pilgrimage After trying for three years to conceive a child and suffering through the monthly cycle of hope and disappointmen

In the summer of 2000, David Hlavsa and his wife Lisa Holtby embarked on a pilgrimage After trying for three years to conceive a child and suffering through the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment, they decided to walk the Camino de Santiago, a joint enterprise and an act of faith they hoped would strengthen their marriage and prepare them for parenthood Though walkIn the summer of 2000, David Hlavsa and his wife Lisa Holtby embarked on a pilgrimage After trying for three years to conceive a child and suffering through the monthly cycle of hope and disappointment, they decided to walk the Camino de Santiago, a joint enterprise and an act of faith they hoped would strengthen their marriage and prepare them for parenthood Though walking than 400 miles across the north of Spain turned out to be difficult than they had anticipated, after a series of misadventures, including a brief stay in a Spanish hospital, they arrived in Santiago Shortly after their return to Seattle, Lisa became pregnant, and the hardships of the Camino were no comparison to what followed the stillbirth of their first son and Lisa s harrowing second pregnancy.Walking Distance is a moving and disarmingly funny book, a good story with a happy ending the safe arrival of David and Lisa s second son, Benjamin David and Lisa get than they bargained for, but they also get exactly what they wanted a child, a solid marriage, and a richer life.
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Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs - David Hlavsa
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Title: Walking Distance: Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs - David Hlavsa
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Published :2019-09-04T15:19:28+00:00
About " David Hlavsa "
David Hlavsa
David Hlavsa heads the Theatre Arts Department at Saint Martin s University, in Lacey, Washington, where he has been teaching acting, directing, playwriting and film studies since 1989 A recipient of the University s Outstanding Teaching Award, he has served two terms as Faculty President.He is the author of Walking Distance Pilgrimage, Parenthood, Grief, and Home Repairs Michigan State University Press, 2015 and An Actor Rehearses What to Do When and Why Allworth Press, 2006 His article, My First Son, A Pure Memory appeared in the Modern Love column of The New York Times His essay, Two Sons, One Living appears in They Were Still Born Personal Stories About Stillbirth ed Janel Atlas, Rowman Littlefield, 2010 Hlavsa s plays, including Pack of Lies, I m Your Man, and Long Run, have been produced in Seattle, Chicago and New York As an arts writer for the Seattle Repertory Theatre, he published than twenty articles and study guides on Shakespeare, Chekhov, Synge, Pirandello, Goldoni, Feydeau, David Mamet, August Wilson and others.Hlavsa has a BA in English Theatre from Princeton University and an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington Productions directed at SMU include Uncle Vanya, A Little Night Music, The Dining Room, Old Times, Brilliant Traces, You Can Count on Me, Reaching Through the Frame, Everyman, Goodnight Desdemona Good Morning Juliet, A Midsummer Night s Dream, The Day Room, The Illusion, Comings and Goings and The Memorandum Hlavsa has also served as the University s Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, developing and co teaching courses on Political Theatre, Acting and Economics Dramanomics , Saint Joan, Jane Austen on Film, Business Leadership, Acting for Teachers, and Jesus on Film and in the Gospels At the University s Spiritual Life Institute, he has taught workshops on Theatre as a Spiritual Path.He lives in Seattle with his wife, Lisa Holtby, and their son Benjamin.