a living love story

a living love story Neutiquam erro. ( I am not lost)

this is a place for people struggling with life's daily issues to come for support, to vent, or for a little word of encouragement. please ask anything.

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Posted April 19, 2012 at 11:49 am 201 notes

My Story

I started this blog as a safe place to come for encouragement, love, and support. I found TWLOHA when i was in probably the darkest place i have ever been in. I was at the bottom of a hopeless pit, thinking there was no way i could climb out. 

Then, I found hope. I found music. I found that putting a pen to paper can release some of the pain without self-injury. I found that I could live my life without prescription drugs, and by god actually enjoy it. I found even bigger dreams than the ones I had lost. I found out that I am surrounded by people that really love me, if I would just let them do so. I don’t have all the answers, I can only tell you what helped me.  And even now, I’m not perfect. I lost someone I loved very much a couple a months ago, and i wake up in the middle of the night feeling like my lungs are empty, but I press on. I Am Alive. My story is still being written every single day. I find that in Jordan’s absence, everything around me has more meaning. The little things, like a starry sky or the perfect song, or a late night thunderstorm mean everything to me. Why? Because I am here to see them. I am here. I am living every day to the best of my ability simply because I can. There is so much sadness and pain and hurt in this world, so I am going to do my best to fill it with hope and love and light. This is not the end, enjoy every day, cause you will never be younger or more alive than you are today. This is how we fight depression and self-injury and addiction. We love ourselves and those around us. We inspire, and encourage. WE bring hope to the hopeless, and we tell them they are not alone. It does get better I swear to you. Keep writing your story. 

With love,

Haley

Posted April 12, 2012 at 5:17 pm 3 notes

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Posted April 12, 2012 at 5:05 pm 24738 notes

twlohausi: here is the flyer for Open Mic Night on April 19th, Spread the Word!!! 

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twlohausi:

here is the flyer for Open Mic Night on April 19th, Spread the Word!!! 

Posted April 12, 2012 at 5:04 pm 3 notes

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas CAN change the world."

Dead Poet’s Society

Posted March 22, 2012 at 12:16 pm

After the Storm- Mumford & Sons

And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears. And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears. Get over your hill and see what you find there, With grace in your heart, and flowers in your hair.

Posted March 22, 2012 at 12:15 pm

-Renee Yohe

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-Renee Yohe

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Posted March 14, 2012 at 10:09 pm 693 notes

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Posted March 14, 2012 at 10:07 pm 33 notes

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modern-satygraha:

Slam poet Anis Mojgani teams up with To Write Love On Her Arms, a non-profit focused on providing hope and help to those struggling with depression, self-injury, and addiction. TWLOHA works to spread the message that you are not alone, that help is real, and that your story is important—a message clearly echoed in this well-known slam piece.
“For the ones who are told to speak only when spoken to and then are never spoken to. Speak every time you stand so that you do not forget yourself. Do not let one moment go by that does not remind you that your heart beats 100,000 times a day and that there are enough gallons of blood to make every one of you oceans. Do not settle for letting these waves settle and for the dust to collect in your veins.” 

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Posted March 14, 2012 at 10:06 pm 3 notes

ellipsistohope: The first TWLOHA shirt was worn on March 30, 2006. My friend Jon Foreman sings in the band Switchfoot and he wore it on stage at a Switchfoot concert at Florida Atlantic University. Back then, it was simply an attempt to help a friend and tell a story. i wondered if we could sell some t-shirts to help pay for Renee’s treatment, and i wondered if people might be encouraged and challenged by her story. There were no thoughts of a charity or a movement or a movie. We didn’t have a booth set up at the concert. We didn’t have information to give people, but people found their way to the MySpace page - it was 2006 and people were excited about MySpace. People read the story there. People left comments and sent messages, asking for help and how to help friends.All of it became a bigger thing, and the t-shirts had so much to do with that. Suddenly, it was about more than simply raising money. It was about questions and conversations, giving people the chance to tell their story and trying to help people believe that their story mattered. We have heard incredible stories of moments sparked by the question, “What does your shirt mean?” or “Why do you wear that?” or “Is that a band?” And the thing we love about those moments was not so much that you got to tell our story. We love that you got to tell your story. We loved that it was a chance to be brave and break the silence, to talk about things people don’t talk about. In honor of sharing stories, we created a series of short interviews asking why people wear TWLOHA. We’ll be sharing new videos over the next couple of weeks, but we want to hear from you as well. What is your hope when you walk out of your door wearing a shirt or a bracelet? We want to know why you wear TWLOHA. You can tell us by uploading your own video or using the #wearTWLOHA hashtag on Twitter. This will lead up to March 30 when you’re invited to wear a TWLOHA shirt and join us in celebrating six years of stories.We celebrate people still fighting for their stories. We celebrate people choosing to stay alive and people choosing not to live alone. We know that some people wear TWLOHA in honor of someone they loved and lost. We join you in remembering, and we say you’re not alone in your pain.  Life is many things. Pain and hope and fears and dreams. On March 30, we pause to remember where we came from and to smile at where we’re going. And to say once again, that we do not go alone, for people need other people.If you wear the shirt and someone asks about it, we hope it’s a chance to tell them our story. But we hope even more that it’s a chance to tell them yours. And maybe that leads to a moment where they begin to tell you theirs, or maybe just a moment to believe that theirs does matter.Thank You for caring about people.Thank You for wearing TWLOHA. We’re all in this together.Peace to You.jamiePS: We also celebrate our friend Renee Yohe and invite you to support her dream of doing music professionally. All of this started with Renee’s story, and we celebrate the fact that it’s a story still going. We invite you to support Renee’s band Bearcat.

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ellipsistohope:


The first TWLOHA shirt was worn on March 30, 2006. My friend Jon Foreman sings in the band Switchfoot and he wore it on stage at a Switchfoot concert at Florida Atlantic University.

Back then, it was simply an attempt to help a friend and tell a story. i wondered if we could sell some t-shirts to help pay for Renee’s treatment, and i wondered if people might be encouraged and challenged by her story. There were no thoughts of a charity or a movement or a movie. We didn’t have a booth set up at the concert. We didn’t have information to give people, but people found their way to the MySpace page - it was 2006 and people were excited about MySpace. People read the story there. People left comments and sent messages, asking for help and how to help friends.

All of it became a bigger thing, and the t-shirts had so much to do with that. Suddenly, it was about more than simply raising money. It was about questions and conversations, giving people the chance to tell their story and trying to help people believe that their story mattered.

We have heard incredible stories of moments sparked by the question, “What does your shirt mean?” or “Why do you wear that?” or “Is that a band?” And the thing we love about those moments was not so much that you got to tell our story. We love that you got to tell your story. We loved that it was a chance to be brave and break the silence, to talk about things people don’t talk about.

In honor of sharing stories, we created a series of short interviews asking why people wear TWLOHA. We’ll be sharing new videos over the next couple of weeks, but we want to hear from you as well. What is your hope when you walk out of your door wearing a shirt or a bracelet? We want to know why you wear TWLOHA. You can tell us by uploading your own video or using the #wearTWLOHA hashtag on Twitter. This will lead up to March 30 when you’re invited to wear a TWLOHA shirt and join us in celebrating six years of stories.

We celebrate people still fighting for their stories. We celebrate people choosing to stay alive and people choosing not to live alone. We know that some people wear TWLOHA in honor of someone they loved and lost. We join you in remembering, and we say you’re not alone in your pain. 

Life is many things. Pain and hope and fears and dreams. On March 30, we pause to remember where we came from and to smile at where we’re going. And to say once again, that we do not go alone, for people need other people.

If you wear the shirt and someone asks about it, we hope it’s a chance to tell them our story. But we hope even more that it’s a chance to tell them yours. And maybe that leads to a moment where they begin to tell you theirs, or maybe just a moment to believe that theirs does matter.

Thank You for caring about people.
Thank You for wearing TWLOHA.
We’re all in this together.

Peace to You.
jamie

PS: We also celebrate our friend Renee Yohe and invite you to support her dream of doing music professionally. All of this started with Renee’s story, and we celebrate the fact that it’s a story still going. We invite you to support Renee’s band Bearcat.

Posted March 14, 2012 at 10:03 pm 20 notes