GAGALUPE

TONIGHT.

three years from today, i stopped harming myself.
and it's a special date because, well...it's just important for me. it's one of those situations in life where you're proud of where you're standing and what you've gone through and stuff and it makes you happy to see you're not making the same mistakes you used to make. it's an awakening of sorts.

it makes me happy to see that i haven't missed on the good stuff  in life just because of a freaking tantrum. if i hadn't stopped, maybe i wouldn't have met joey(latex_muffins) , or maybe i wouldn't have gotten to know jessie(elizacunningham), who are two great people in my life out of a whole bunch of successful. they've made my life way happier and showed me that there is a reason to be hopeful for, there is happiness in life.

and i want to thank you for that.

GAGALUPE

Writer's Block: Philanthropy

Do you volunteer your time or donate money to any charitable organizations? Which ones, and why?
Yeah. Operation Smile and To Write Love on Her Arms.

I think that there is nothing more important in life than to see a person laugh, to see the happiness in their eyes is the greatest gift one can get, and Operation Smile does exactly that. It gives a chance for these people to smile, the opportunity to be happy and live life at its fullest.

As for TWLOHA (notice how lazy i was. xD), I think hope is the biggest thing one must have inside. When dealing with self-harm, I never had a single droplet of hope. That was because I didn't want to have it, I was concentrating in the dark. Then this organization comes up with a message of hope, of help and mostly, a message of God, and it makes me notice that I really appreciate life, and that I don't want to waste it like this, nor do I want to let it go so easily. It's a message for everyone else, as well.