PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people
mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.





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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 1:35 PM

This little girl could be me 27 years ago. Trust me when I say that the stares will happen less and less often, but the friends will always be there.








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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 12:07 AM

It's interesting - though you tagged this photograph as "I'm ready to love everything" and to me it looks like "I'm ready to lose everything," I wonder if in fact these vastly different phrases would still translate to the same meaning...




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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:52 AM

I just showed this to my husband and he said "Thank God." It took us 6 months and we felt like failures.






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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:51 PM
Subject: stat counter

I look forward to reading people's secrets every week and it makes me feel less lonely. Especially when I get to the bottom of the page and refresh and re-read stat counter to find that over 2400 people spent the last 4 minutes with ME!

...(152,903,926 - 152,906,332)






















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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:09 AM

Hi Frank,

At 26, my first wrinkles have just started appearing on my forehead. At first I was upset, but then I realized it was due to the expression I make when I am interested or curious.

Now, I hope they only get deeper, because I would hate to loose that sense of wonder. Thanks for posting it so that I could remember how important it is to love something more than my appearance.


 

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Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 4:35 AM

Being an EMT made me question my faith in god, but my coworkers gave me faith in humanity.





-----Email Message-----
To: Frank Warren

I was reading PostSecret today and I happened to scroll down to the end of the page, and saw a photo of Kristin - a childhood friend that lived around the block from me in Florida. I did hear when she died, but I was very surprised to see the suicide hotline with Kristin's picture on it.

After researching how the Kristin Brooks Hope Center was founded I had to pass along to Kristin's husband, Reese, that the love he has for her is overwhelming. His devotion to her memory is remarkable, and I just wanted him to know that a friend who knew Kristin a long time ago was proud that she married someone like him. Their child is blessed to have parents like Kristin and Reese.

Thank you for all you do to help people in dark places find their light.





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From: Reese Butler [Founder, Kristin Brooks Hope Center]

The ability and opportunity to connect with one of Kristin's childhood friends was a miracle and a gift from the PostSecret community.

After Kristin's death I desperately tried to reach out to all the people she grew up with. It was important to me that people who did know her learned what happened to her and how they can prevent others from falling to the same fate.

For over 3 years the PostSecret community has helped people learn that they share some of the deepest and darkest secrets and are not alone

Thanks for this miracle.



-----Email Message-----
From: Frank Warren
Subject: Struggling to meet a July 9th deadline

The Kristin Brooks Hope Center needs your help today.

Become a member of the 99 CLUB. Call Reese directly to arrange for a larger donation 202-669-8500 (yes, that is Reese's direct phone number, please be respectful). You can also make a quick and easy PayPal donation.

All donations are fully tax deductible and 100% of your donation will go directly to HopeLine.





-----Email Message-----
From: Reese Butler
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:34 PM
Subject: PostSecret / HopeLine Fundraiser Update

As of Monday night we have a combined total of $455,000 from 815 new donors!

We need one final push this week to get over the immediate threat . We have a plan and the Postecret Community is fulfilling that plan. It is amazing and a miracle all at the same time.

Best always,

Reese Butler
President and Founder
Kristin Brooks Hope Center
National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE 784-2433
202-536-3200
202-536-3206 fax
1250 24th Street NW
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20037
www.hopeline.com
reese@hopeline.com