This picture always cheers me up :) It's just so adorable. Enjoy everyone.

hey guys my band is going to a competition in a month and the people organizing it have asked the bands coming to send them a story on someone, kinda like the background stories they do on reality shows. Nobody in the band had anything and im not sure if i should share my story about depression/ self harm/ actually attempting suicide. I feel like the subject is kinda taboo...help??? i need advice!!

Originally Posted by krawr

hi everyone =] this chat made my valentine's day last year, its great to be back.

Thanks for joining us again! We're excited to be able to do it again this year!

Originally Posted by Rachel1031

How do you guys, as such a positive organization, respond when people say rude things about the kind of work you do?

It's not always easy, but the best response is education. We try to make sure they know what we do, and why we do it.

Hey! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helps out with TWLOHA... You've made such a difference in my life! So, thank you! And also, I was wondering if you guys were planning any events in Ontario (canada) soon!

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Hahaha. I knew someone would bring that up.

had to lol

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

Hahaha. I knew someone would bring that up.

we wrote a song and you never commented haha

Originally Posted by mellyonline

im trying to convince my mom to let me get a tattoo of a butterfly on my wrist with its wings wrapped around the word love,

sadly, she'd never go for it :/

I have a tatt on my ribs that says love is the movement like it does on the shirts with stars, music notes and peace signs exploding from behind it...i look at it everyday and remember that today is worth fighting for...

Originally Posted by coolboardshorts

Any advice for someone feeling lost? That her life is passing her by but she is not really a part of it.

She's trying to figure out her purpose in life while trying not to dwell on the fact that she's 26 and everyone else around her is getting married and having babies---yet she's never had a boyfriend or even been on a date? She can't help but think that there must be something wrong with her.

She suspects that deep down the reason why she's still alone is that she doesn't love herself--if she doesn't love herself how can anyone else?

She thinks it was a mistake to spend so much time in school getting degrees--(even then she was avoiding the real world, trying to figure out what she wanted to do) and now she's in the real world, with a job that she is very thankful for, yet...

she is still lost and alone. and has no idea what to do to fix it.

I don't know why I that's in the third person. Just the way it came out as I typed.

I know the feeling. I'm only 19 however everyone I know is in seemingly perfect relationships, whereas I have never had anyone. I found this helpful though: http://www.twloha.com/blog/dear-valentines-day/

Also I don't think anyone fully knows what to do in life, it's about going with it and keeping at it, believing it will get better some day :)

Originally Posted by scribleinsanity

I needed this tonight. The last few days have definitely been rough, so this is a good change.

We're very glad you've decided to join us. We hope you will find lightness in this evening.

Originally Posted by lp670sv

haha it was just a joke, i keep forgetting 90% of this thread is going to be new people who aren;'t used the constant stream of jokes and fun banter we have on chat threads

Oh i'm sorry haha. I'm having a bad day is all.

Originally Posted by abster112

I've always been single also. It sucks!

Nothing wrong with being single! :)

To, Jamie

I wrote an essay about To Write Love On Her Arms and how much it means to me a few years ago for my English coursework and I had to stand up in front of the class and talk about it after I had finished talking a girl in my class said "You're beautiful, don't ever let anyone bring you down" to me I just felt so good at that point.

I bought the "Love is the Movement" hoodie at the end of 2010 and whenever I feel depressed about something I wear that hoodie and I get this feeling of relief like things are going to get better.

Thank you so much for everything, your blog posts and your tweets always bring a smile to my face.

Savvy

What artists/bands are you guys listening to on this day? :)

Originally Posted by SnickertheCat

This picture always cheers me up :) It's just so adorable. Enjoy everyone.

oh my gosh. we love this. our whole office loves this little dude.