Please take your time to read this, you can make a difference even if you can't relate to some of the things you will read you can relate to pain, because we all feel it.

I've had a lot of friends that have been struggling with addiction, self injury depression etc. It's getting worse so I thought I would post this so I could inform everyone of the movement To Write Love On Her Arms. Which is a movement that I heavily support. The following comes straight from the website but only in few selected pieces.

TWLOHA - To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

The vision is that we actually believe these things…

You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.
The vision is that community and hope and help would replace secrets and silence.

The vision is people putting down guns and blades and bottles.
The vision is that we can reduce the suicide rate in America and around the world.
The vision is that we would learn what it means to love our friends, and that we would love ourselves enough to get the help we need.

The vision is better endings. The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships. The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love. The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise. The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.

The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.
The vision is the possibility that we're more loved than we'll ever know.
The vision is hope, and hope is real.
You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.

"We believe that your story matters and that you're more loved than you will ever know. We believe in hope and help, that these things are real and possible. You weren't meant to live alone with your pain. You weren't meant to stay in the broken place. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people. You were meant to be loved and meant to be known."

- Jamie Tworkowski.

If you want to help us spread the word about hope and help, we would be honored. If you want to tell people that they need other people, that every story matters - again, we would be honored. We say these things because we believe them to be true, and because too many people live alone under other lies.

Let's continue to fight to figure out what this word "love" means. Let's aim for how it looks and how it sounds - maybe something like humility and confidence and kindness, maybe honesty and compassion...

We're in all these things together. It's bigger than cute and it's louder than fashion.
-(A clippet from TWLOHA myspace blog page commenting on the national TWLOHA day which is celebrated on November 13th.)


To view the To Write Love On Her Arms website visit the following link.
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To read the artical of the girl who started it all, Renee Yohe, visit the following link.
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To read more the rest of the Mission Statement and the vision visit the following link.
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To hear Renee Yohe tell her story visit the following link.
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OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY & LIGHT.
WE LAUGH AND SCREAM AND SING.
OUR HEARTS ARE HEAVY & LIGHT.