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From all of us at TWLOHA, THANK YOU for an amazing year. THANK YOU for walking this surprising road with us. Who would have thought when we set out to tell a story and help a friend in 2006 that it would lead to all of this? We wouldn't be here without you. THANK YOU for fighting for the stories around you. THANK YOU for caring about people.The links and words below represent some of the highlights of 2010. We hope they find you like friends...HEAVY AND LIGHT. Our favorite night of the year.Shake the Dust. Anis Mojgani is amazing.Two million views and counting.TWLOHA wins $100k for suicide prevention!! Chase Community Giving.A Journey of Hope. Out of the Darkness.Soundwave. We love Australia.Dear Body. "The faded scars show healing...""Because none of it would have been the same alone.""i believe we would be reminded that love is stronger than hate...""I was invited into a community of people filled with hope, determination and love.""To the ones that fought for peace and freedom, we pray those things for you."Flowers to the Sea. In Memory of Zeke Sanders."She does this every year, today and on his birthday and on the day he died."A Certain Kind of Magic in Nashville. We went Country.i hope you felt the fireworks. "Maybe wonder feeds hope and hope feeds wonder. You see something beautiful and it reminds you that it's possible to see something beautiful.""I left for this tour with a heavy heart and hoped that the road would make it light again."For Nate. In Loving Memory: Nate "Oteka" Henn (1985-2010)The Lady in 19F. "I'm not afraid of anything anymore."Inception. "i don't know your story or your dreams or the things that steal your sleep, but i know they matter."Ring the Bells. "i believe it because i have seen my friend Steven talk about his wife and son without blinking."We have reason. "These are our letters from home. These are our reminders. This is our motivation to go on another day. This is the reason we started this fight in the first place."For David. "He said he does this to remember that he's loved."What I found in my TWLOHA internship. "And I believe in hope because I've seen it in the stories of other people.""I suppose that since most of our hurts happen in relationships, so will our healing, and I know that grace rarely makes sense to those looking in from the outside." - Paul YoungTWLOHA at UNC Wilmington. "i hope you get to experience that kind of love."A Mother's Perspective. "Because of TWLOHA, I am ready to admit that I am addicted."GOOD LOVE. With pro surfer C.J. Hobgood in Hawaii."Nobody gets to name you. You are not forgettable. You are not replaceable. You are not your pain. You are sacred and special and alive."From all of us at TWLOHA, peace to you.jamiePS: Perhaps the fuss about midnight suggests that things can be new. 2011 has never happened before. Here's to the possibilities..."A long December and there's reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last." - Counting Crows
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I went through this list and read my favorites, re-read new ones. I am once again moved and blessed and inspired. THANK YOU for all you do, for all you have done this year, and for all the lives you have touched. What you do is not in vain, is NEVER in vain. Thank you for the difference you've made in my life, that I've learned to wear my scars with a little more peace and to keep myself from new ones.
God bless you richly.
1 | Left by Katy | Dec. 31, 2010 at 11:22am
I love TWLOHA, Thank you guys for all that you do. I think I have played "Stand by me" and "Shake the Dust" way to much
2 | Left by Lilly | Dec. 31, 2010 at 2:00pm
thank you so much for all you do. im struggling with cutting at the moment, but TWLOHA is helping me. i wear me "love is the movement" bracelet everyday and i hope to change things in the new year. but thank you for everything you do for people that need help.
3 | Left by Anon | Dec. 31, 2010 at 2:41pm
You guys make my soul happy. Every time I'm fighting, every time I'm hurting, every time I feel like no one's there, no one cares, and not even the music I listen to wants to be on my side, I look down at my wrist, where I faithfully wear my Love is the Movement bracelet every day. I see the smallest star at the end, and I remember there's a whole team of people who care, who want me to know I'm not alone. Even if there's a hundred other people out there that need your attention more than I do, I still know that you care. Thank you, for caring, for being there. Two and a half years out of that black hole and counting. Thank you for being my first step.
4 | Left by Lainnie | Dec. 31, 2010 at 4:04pm
This is breath taking. These words are so powerful and touch the hearts of many. Including myself. Here's to a year clean of cutting and drugs.
5 | Left by Kirsten | Dec. 31, 2010 at 6:02pm
I am so inspire, and this is just so amazing. It gives me hope
6 | Left by emilie | Jan. 4, 2011 at 8:59am
Hello :) I don't even know if Jamie will get this, but I was wondering if you could give me some information on how to contact Renee Yohe, for basic fan mail/comments on her book?
Please let me know asap :) I'm having a hard time finding any information online. Thanks!
7 | Left by Brittany Banks | Jan. 5, 2011 at 3:31pm
Even though I just found out about you guys a few months ago, I can honestly say thank you for all you've done the entire year - I would have been 100% behind you if I'd known about TWLOHA then and I am now. Recently my depression got a lot worse and I started cutting, and although I still have a ways to go, this site and all those who are a part of it has definitely helped on those nights with bad thoughts swirling around my mind. I thank you for not only helping me, but for helping all those out there who need the support more than I do. Like some of the above commenters, I've worn my TWLOHA bracelet every day since I got it, on the wrist I've cut, and I try to remember this is worth fighting for, that there IS hope of once again being happy. All the best to you in the New Year and may everyone struggling get a little bit closer to finding the happiness we've been searching for.
8 | Left by Amber | Jan. 6, 2011 at 12:02am
Wow! I love this site! Thank you for your ministry to the hurting!
9 | Left by katie @ Imperfect people | Jan. 9, 2011 at 2:51pm
Thanks for the message you share and proclaim, and may 2011 be another year in which God uses you to show his children that they are his beloved and are more valuable than they can imagine.
10 | Left by Benjer McVeigh | Jan. 14, 2011 at 12:39pm
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