my name is patrick gill and i am a part of the illinoise letter writing project
i have the pleasure of posting these letters and keeping them up on my wall
thank you to anyone who has written me.
i would also like to mention that this blog runs parrallel to a more interactive myspace account that i also run.
its url is www.myspace.com/patty_is_raddy (oh how i wish i could change that url)
I am going to post letters, verbatim of what i receive. if you send in a letter and you do not want to see you letter up, you may express that concern in the letter. i value privacy, so i will not post the name of the sender or subsequent names mentioned in the letter (unless you express that this is ok with you.)
I ask of everyone who reads these blogs that the writers of these letters are respected. responses to this posts are allowed and encouraged. but if they are detrimental or harshly negative then i will be forced to delete them. otherwise you may express concern, sympathy, empathy, or other emotions or words.
that being said i hope you enjoy
these are two letters i recived so far.
they are both from unamed sources, so i feel their writers character are going to remain intact
Letter 1:
I was looking forward to being able to tell you how I get by day by day, but i just recently found I dont know myself. Life is too stressful and drama filled. I wish things were simpler. Like when we were little things werent that big of a deal and people weren't judged so much. Today is different. As much as I love technology and ideas of the future, my generation does not look very hopeful. I myself have confrontation issues beacuse I am used to apathy in conversations over the computer. Reality is difficult, people aren't what they seem and have just as many secrets as you. I don't know if you have heard of Post Secret, but it is one of the few things salvaging my soul. Reading people's secrets lets me know there are others out there with the same problems. I am not alone. And for some odd reason odd reason, knowing others fears and hopes and desires comfort me. If you don't know what I am talking about visit Postsecret.com. Anyways, this letter is quite random, and I like that. I dont have enough spontenaity in my life right now.
(I hope you can read my handwriting...)
Thank you for this opportunity. I am going to write again in my free time
I hope you enjoy reading all the letters you recive. It sounds like a pretty cool project to me
Have a nice day
Yours Truly,
from a very uncertain lost soul
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if you have not read post secret
i also encourage it
and if you have a facebook i recommend the social moth application if you enjoy post secret
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Letter 2:
I can't understand why
fear and hate consume
me. I hate the way I
feel. So much that the
thought if ending my
life has crossed
my mind numerous
times. I've tried to
think positive. I dont
want to die. I just want
this pain that plauges
me everyday to go away.
They say it's just a phase
It'll go away. They ask, why
are you so sad? If I knew
I could fix it. I am hiding.
I know you're in there. It's
okay to come out. The real me is hiding.
She's bound and gagged by depression. He
wont let her out. Please let her out. Please let
her free. I can't handele this anymore. Everyday
is a constant battle to not shoe my pain to
anyone. They dont understant. Everywhere i
hear the same thing. What do you have to be
depressed about? Instead of ignoring my pain
how about open your heart and try to
understand. But no one seems to care. I am
fighting for my happiness, my sanity. Its all
on me.
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i wrote this in this form because of the picture drawn on it
i feel that the flower is necessary to the entire presentation of the letter
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ok
so these are just the first of many to come
much love
and keep on living
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