As a recovering addict, it was cathardic to watch the report on NBC regarding your mission. Everyone needs the love and support you offer. I have been clean many, many years, but the pain is sometimes still there. May everyone who finds help through your site be as fortunate as the first girl you helped.

1 | Left by mary jo gibson | Sep. 12, 2008 at 4:36pm

Gorgeous, I couldn't agree more. 27 days for me since the last time I cut. Love is such a movement. Thank you for all you do twloha.

2 | Left by jen<3 | Sep. 12, 2008 at 4:38pm

Good evening,

I am a school psychologist in Yuma, Arizona. Today, I became aware of a student who is potentially suicidal, but at least depressed. The problem is that he is hearing impaired and does not verbalize well. I would like to refer him to this site until I can figure out how to get him the therapy he (and his family) might need.

I just saw this site on the news and it suddenly seemed like the answer to this issue. It may be enough for him to find others with similar issues. It may give me the breathing space to find him some services locally. It's all I've got right now.

If he lets me, I'll share his name if he is able to logon. Thank you for being here.

3 | Left by Jules | Sep. 12, 2008 at 6:29pm

The truth is that after yo have been hurt so much, unloved so much, ignored so much, you just don't know what love is. People come close to you and try to love you but you feel like they are trying to hurt you. I now live with people that truly love me but it is hard for me to accept thier love which is something I don't know nor understand. I am not afraid to die why should I be? the only reason I am alive is because I know I will affect people arround me and I an not a selfish person at all.

Thank you for such a good cause.

4 | Left by David | Sep. 12, 2008 at 6:43pm

Saw the story on NBC - and I am so very GLAD you are doing what you're doing! Depression is rough. Addiction is rough. Life is rough. Love makes all of it bearable.
I've been in "recovery" for many years - and the depression is still here, although now it's manageable. My heart so goes out to the teens who struggle to survive. I was one of those. I survived - until I found recovery - and learned how to live some!
My blessings to all ...

5 | Left by Bev | Sep. 12, 2008 at 10:19pm

Your heart is brilliant. Your ability to put exactly what its saying into words is beautiful. I cry, a lot. I don't see shame in it. But when I cry, I think of twloha. I think of all that it has accomplished. All that it will accomplish. It makes me want to change lives, too. I wish I could help as many people as you have.
I believe everything happens for a reason. And finally, last night, I realized I'm not afraid of death anymore. I'm afraid of the pain that might come with death, but I am no longer afraid of not being here. When God takes me, even if it's today, I feel like it will affect someone somewhere. I hope it will help someone somewhere.
And when that happens, my mission will be accomplished. I hope that when I die, it will answer the ultimate question of why I was put here. God will take me, having his reasons for everything he does, and someone will be helped, and I will rest in content knowing that my significance in life is to die to save someone else through hope.
Thank you for the hope that you give the world.

6 | Left by Rachel | Sep. 13, 2008 at 8:12am

Thank you for saving my life (on more than one occasion).

7 | Left by Alyssa | Sep. 13, 2008 at 12:46pm

Thank you. So much. There are no words I can think to say except thank you.

8 | Left by Chelsi | Sep. 13, 2008 at 3:37pm

Wow. This...wow. That's all I can think to say. You have saved so many lives, including mine. You don't know how thankfully people are for this. And you're right, people need to know they're loved. Especially when they feel broken.

9 | Left by Justine | Sep. 13, 2008 at 6:52pm

That's really amazing, what you wrote.
I don't know much about the world...I guess I still have a lot of unanswered questions.
But one thing that I DO know...is that if there are more people in the world who can have this same vision, and who can realize that all everyone needs is some help, a light to shine for them, someone to take their hand and lead them to a better place...then all of this can truly happen.
And I honestly think TWLOHA is helping open the eyes to so many people. Not only the ones who are going through hard times like these, but one's who need to see the power of love, and what it can do in the world. I honestly think that people are learning to love, through this organization. And if more people are willing to use love, to show it to others, to show that there really is hope, so many people will be saved, and maybe the world won't be so broken anymore...maybe the pieces will fall back together, and people will learn to truly love again, and to believe in hope.

If I would have read what I just wrote two months ago, I would have called myself insane. I would have known that it is truly impossible. But To Write Love on Her Arm's has helped me see that all of us have a power in us that can show everyone the way out - and that is love.
I can not thank you enough...it's good to know that there are way more people out there than I thought, that see that same vision everyday.

10 | Left by Amanda | Sep. 13, 2008 at 8:02pm

Thankyou.
Just pure thanks to you, from the bottom of my heart.
This gave me the strength to go through another day.
and I thank you for that.

11 | Left by El | Sep. 13, 2008 at 8:06pm

We had two suicides at my school within two weeks of each other, the first guy was a close friend of mine the second guy was an acquaintance. I didn't know of TWLOHA but found out about it through word of mouth. just knowing that there are people out there who know how it feels and care, who are open about these serious issues, and don't joke about it meant and still means so much to me and my friends. You guys have helped me know that i have a story, and no one can change that. A story of hope, pain, and the redemption of that pain. Let me tell you God has redeemed my pain. my friend's and family's love for me has gotten me through. Sitting in front of a counselor for the first time, spilling all my thoughts, got me through. I understand now just how important love is. And how love can really save a life.

12 | Left by merl | Sep. 14, 2008 at 11:25am

everything you do it amazing.
i missed the story on nbc.but im gonna watch it when im done typing this. i just want you to know.that this orginazation has moved me soo much. ive never been suicidal, but i have been really depressed, and i finally realized that love is everything.love really is the movement. and all i can say. is that im glad there are people like you guys out there. who actually care enough to save lives. after reading renees story, and the blog about lee, i was so grateful for my life.and for my family. and for my friends. and after reading this blog. it really hit home. just knowing that my story isnt finished yet.
so thanks.

13 | Left by danielle ashley | Sep. 14, 2008 at 6:02pm

i was tearing when i read this for the first time. you are so inspiring. you've opened my eyes so much. thank you for everything you do. love is the movement <3

14 | Left by missy | Sep. 15, 2008 at 1:02pm

I've known about TWLOHA for awhile now, but it never really resonated until I began working for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization this summer as a camp counselor. My job description was, literally, to love the kids. Working with children from broken families, with murdered siblings and addicted parents opened my eyes to the challenge that is everyday life for these kids. I worked one-on-one with a 10-year-old girl, who cut herself nightly, and then would walk up to me the next morning crying, hold out her wrist, and say "I'm sorry, this is a new one." It breaks my heart that this is reality for these kids, that it's totally normal for them to see suicide or drugs as a way out of their situation. I want to do everything I can to make even a small difference for any sufferer. Thank you for this website, and everything you do. Love.

15 | Left by Amy | Sep. 15, 2008 at 10:10pm

I think what you do is beautiful. Anyone who feels that deep pain needs to know they are not alone and that they can change. And though life may be so hard sometimes, and it may be so difficult to find reasons to continue, the reasons are always there. They just get clouded by the fog of pain, and the ghosts of past traumas. But once the fog clears, and we see the light again, we can see that there are people there waiting for us, and they do care. Though they might not be in our immediate surroundings, they are still there waiting to help us. I think this site lets people know that even if they can't find anyone in their immediate surrounding that understands, there are so many out there that do, and who will help. Everyone should know that they are not alone, and they are loved. And love is the power that can save. Thank you.

16 | Left by Justin | Sep. 16, 2008 at 7:32am

i recantly got out of rehab for a number of things including anorexia, bulimia, cutting and suicide attempts. when i read this i cried and cried.
thank you so much for all that you do twloha!!!
much appriciated

17 | Left by kirstie | Sep. 17, 2008 at 11:59am

thank you for starting such a wonderful cause.
i wanna support really bad
so ill buy stuff from you guys alot if i can haha
God loves everyone so much.

Isaiah 42:16
16-I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.

18 | Left by Suyun | Sep. 17, 2008 at 2:32pm

twloha is probably the greatest organization i've ever seen. yes, the other ones for heart disease are great, but this helps REAL people-like me. i'm finally going to stop cutting. why? twloha.

thank you guys for what you do. :]

19 | Left by Jordan | Sep. 20, 2008 at 6:58pm

You know, this gives me such hope. Such hope!

20 | Left by Dyllyn | Sep. 27, 2008 at 4:39pm

The goal is to be love in a broken world. If we are striving to be love, we are striving to be like Jesus Christ, as Jeus was love personifyed. God is the author of love, and is there was no God, there would be no love.
It is so true that we are called to be love and give hope to others in a broken world. There is so much hate in the world now that it is sometimes hard to find someone that is willing to strech out there hands and help you. But Love is the new movement, and it is coming in strong. You just need to run the opposite way and respond to the call to BELOVE IN A BROKEN WORLD.

21 | Left by Anon | Sep. 29, 2008 at 8:04pm

Thank-you for making me not feel so alone. Thank-you for giving me the courage to face another day. Thank-you for giving me the hope and love to bear the pain. Thank-you for inspiring so many people.

22 | Left by ash | Sep. 30, 2008 at 11:01pm

ohmygoodness

you guys have saved my life so many times.
when i feel like i wanna kill myself, i just think of all that you guys have done to stop people from killing themselves.

thanks so much

23 | Left by Sarah | Oct. 1, 2008 at 5:52am

you have really helped me :]all i can really say is thankyou so much and keep on shining :D xxx <33

24 | Left by Hollie <33 | Oct. 2, 2008 at 9:22am

thank you so much for posting this website. it means alot and has helped me get through alot :]

25 | Left by danielle | Oct. 8, 2008 at 6:56am

hey, jamie.
thank you.
i dont know what else to say.
thank you so much.

26 | Left by bev | Oct. 8, 2008 at 8:53pm

Thank you so much. You have no idea how TWLOHA has helped me out. Thank you for giving me and everyone the hope and courage to carry on each and every day. Thank you for helping me have a more positive outlook on life. Thank you for letting me know that I actually matter. <3 I never thought I'd think this way. Each day I wake up I'm actually happy I woke up. I look forward to my day. It feels so unreal. I actually want to be ALIVE. It's such an amazing feeling. I don't feel so dead anymore. I wish I had such a positive attitude back then, but I'm glad I have it now. That's all that matters.

Thank you so much, Jamie. <3333

27 | Left by Jessica | Oct. 13, 2008 at 7:46pm

I recently was diagnosed with depression and had racing thoughts about life and not knowing what to do with myself. I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this website and organization. Reading the facts and stories helped me understand that depression is a real disease that is treatable; I'm not crazy or anything. Thank you so much and I'll be sure to spread the word of TWLOHA

28 | Left by Miranda | Oct. 18, 2008 at 12:44pm

Hi! depression hurts everyone. I know because i battle it everyday im not 16 yet but i know what it feels like to have no way out and just be so far gone you don't reconize yourself. I have not gotten treatment yet. But i am strong i will over come this. i once wondered why do i deal with this and not everyone else? I relize something maybe God gave me this because he knew one day i would save someone else. Last year i read this story it changed my life so much. I have also relized we might think that no one hears us and we are the background mjusic but isnt the bleeding the crying the bottles they lyrics? do we want to remeber ourselves as the ones who look back on our lives and say oh yeah the only thing i did way cut or drink. We are ment to have a gang we are meant to be loved.
Peace,
xoxo

29 | Left by sgaxoxo92 | Oct. 20, 2008 at 3:10pm

when i read this, my heart is pulled in two different directions. it breaks more, but it is also mended. we all have our own battles we face...depression, loss of a family member, loss of a friend, a break up..people who have turned their backs on us, making us feel incomplete; like we aren't good enough for their love. but they are wrong...it is because we are enough that we don't need those who bring us down...we are enough on our own, and we don't always see that.
i have had my share of downs..a mom that gave up on me years ago, boyfriends who have cheated on me, left me, hurt me..friends who have came in and out of my life..i have failed, i have been on my hands and knees praying for change..i have been there, and its a hard road to walk alone. so i come here..i read blogs, i read stories, i find hope in words that seem written for me.
its time to put the bottle down..to help myself..to know that this is not the end of my story..i will make it through this day...and i will make it through tomorrow..and i will be okay.

30 | Left by lauren | Oct. 25, 2008 at 10:30am

this... makes me feel understood for the first time in these damn 16 years I've had to go through. I can't say I believe in God or Jesus or the Bible, but I can say that these stories, these comments, keep me going. I've discovered this thing a week or so ago, and I've become addicted. Guess it's better than cutting, drinking or just hurting myself in any way possible. I haven't cut in a few months because I couldn't bear the look on my parents face when they learned, but every single day I am tempted to. This, atleast, holds me back for a while. Thanks. As simple as that, maybe I found something worth believing in. Only need to find someone real to keep me up, since this computer can't save me forever. Even though, thank you for keeping me alive a little longer.

31 | Left by Raph | Oct. 27, 2008 at 10:01am

so im a high school student in pa and im here for just help out for those who need it and i need help myself and so help!!!!!!

32 | Left by danny | Oct. 31, 2008 at 9:56am

I heard about this organization from a few of my friends, I really think it is amazing! Thank you for putting this up!

33 | Left by eva | Nov. 7, 2008 at 9:01am

im so thankfull that you guys are around you have not only helped me through some stuff in this life being an ex-addict and someone who used to be very much suicidal...but helping a loads of my friends through very much the same thing

34 | Left by shane | Nov. 25, 2008 at 9:59am

depression is the hardest thing anyone could go through in life. its painful, physically and mentally. i have delt with the face of death on sevral occations, i am now, not scared of death. i self-harm, its the only thing i have left. after my trust being broken far to many times. i have lost trust in everyone. i cant let people in. i know people love me, yet i feel the lonliest person alive. i think i am ready for death?i know its selfish, but its the only possible answer,right now.
i need help, because i know what im capable of.

35 | Left by molly | Apr. 5, 2009 at 10:04am

Molly, I know how it is to go through pain, to be staring at a brick wall that you can find no way through...I've been there, I've dealt with that (and I still do sometimes). I know how it is to lose faith in people--in everyone--to feel all alone in a crowd full of people, I've been there too. I have had to learn to trust people, to open up a little, to let them in, let them see my junk and everything else that's wrong with me...it hurts, but it does help to heal.

Thrice puts it this way:

"but we've learned that if we'll open the wounds and share them then soon they start to heal/as long as we live, every scar is a bridge to someone's broken heart/and there's no greater love, than that One shed his blood for his friends"

You are better than this, you are important, you have a story and pain and I realize that. I don't know what has happened to you or what you have gone through, but please know that you matter. You are alive, and you can keep breathing.

There is One who will never leave you or turn His back on you, He is always there, just cry out to Him. I am talking about Jesus, He is my hope, my comfort, the only thing that gets me through the day sometimes. And I know this, that if you reach out to Him, He will reach out and carry you through the pain and the storms and the hurt of this life.

Please know this: you can live and can trust again. You can love and be loved, it is possible. Rescue is possible.

If you ever see this, please feel free to e-mail me if you want to talk (the same goes for anyone else reading this).

36 | Left by Alfred | Sep. 11, 2009 at 1:55pm