New News

Hey everyone! Lynnea here! I'm not sure we've made the announcement but a while back we added our new friend Jackie to LLLTD. Labanya has stepped down as leader and is now helping promote us. Dara I believe is also stepping down but it hasnt been confirmed. But there is more GREAT news....

Our friend Cody has joined our LLLTD crew and we are so excited to have him join us! I think that he will be a great help to any guys out there that need someone to help. So join us in welcoming cody!!! :) Love yall
-Lynnnea

Back to School

I know most of you have been back in school the past couple weeks. This may mean you started college, or maybe you are just back in Middle or High School and just a grade higher... But I think we all know how stressful school can get no matter your age.

In school we deal with homework, peer pressure, acceptance and so many things. It gets scary and frustrating at times...

Be strong my friends. We cant please everyone. The best thing to do in life is to live it to the best of our ability and be ourselves. Just be you, because you are awesome. And Don't be the person that makes fun of others and judges. Don't be what I once heard a child call someone..."a life ruiner!" Be someone that wants to help others, reach out to the underdog, and if you are the underdog be patient someone that you need in your life will find you! Life is tough, especially in school. Don't succumb to peer pressure or drama! Be strong and full of courage!

The girls and I have been touched by friends, and friends of friends who have almost, or tried to turn to suicide due to others being mean to them, lets work together and put a stop to that. Lets encourage everyone. Just because you may not agree with how they live doesn't mean that you should judge and mistreat them, that causes a rift in humanity and we want to be united!

So have a great school year, be a world changer, get your home work done and "rock it poppet!" ;)

Inspiration

Hey everyone, I'm sorry that none of us have really updated the blog. Jackie is back in High School, while Labanya just started College, both Leah and I have been having health issues, and Dara and Tina are kinda MIA. We're really sorry and we know these arent excuses we'll be trying harder. But we need your help! Help us by interacting with us, by telling other people about what LLLTD is all about.

We cannot do this alone! We need your help and we need you to show interest. Give us ideas on what you would like to see from LLLTD as well! We really want to interact with you all!

I was watching a movie tonight, called Letters To God. I know many of you aren't into religion. Thats not the point of this blog or the point of me bringing up this movie. This movie is about a young boy that is dying of cancer. He writes letters to God, and through his faith and wisdom speaks volumes to the community he lives in. It's based on a true story.

I bring up this movie because in a way thats what I see in each girl involved in LLLTD. We want to show the world that though it's okay to struggle you CAN get through. We want to be there for people who feel like they have no one. We dont judge, we love and we care. Everyone of you that goes through an issue inspires us and we want to help you because each of us has had our hard times and we want to go through things together! We are a family of struggling people, each person in this world has 1 struggle or another and we should join together and lift each other up.

Each girl that I'm in LLLTD with inspires me, it's an inspirational thing! Join with us dear inspirations, lets inspire the world together!
-Lynnea

Jane Austen letter of encouragement

Here is a letter that I (Lynnea) put together, written as though it is from Jane Austen herself. A bit of advice and encouragement for those of us in the year 2010. I hope you enjoy it. Please do not steal it, if you share it with anyone share it from this blog saying that Lynnea of LLLTD wrote it. Thank you and God bless

UPdate

Hey all you beautiful people, Leah here.

I'm sorry I have been lacking on helping with LLLTD. :( But, today I have decided that I am going to focus all my energy on this project. Because I know that as soon as we all start working more on this, we really can make a difference.

My passion for this cause has been recently been relit. I know that with all of your help, we can all make a difference in this world, I mean a REAL difference. Effect people, changes lives. I believe we can. And this will be possible if you all believe it too. :)

And I, Leah am here to help you through any problem you may have. I myself have dealt with cutting, suicidal thoughts, eating disorders and also illnesses. So I can help you with anything, can help UPlift you. Which is why they title of this is UPdate. :)


We love you all! And are here for you anytime.
Thank you for supporting us.
Leah <3
LLLTD

Determined

Well it's the final letter. I've actually really enjoyed writing these blogs. But now you'll probably hear less from me and more from the other girls (we'll hope!) lol

Okay Determined: Well the definition is.....

deciding or controlling something's outcome or nature.

To me determination means You've absolutely come to a decision about your outcome and you will stop at nothing to complete it. Determination is a passion, its a goal and it's being completely dedicated.

It takes determination to live, it takes determination to love (especially when it comes to your enemies) It takes determination to laugh (through the hard times) It takes determination to TACKLE YOUR PROBLEMS!

Determination is key. It's the glue that helps us get through life.

Sometimes it's hard to be determined on our own we need other people to feed us that determination.

I know when I was going through college and thought I would fail out, I was ready to give up. Many people around me helped me to stay determined. And thats what LLLTD is here for. We want to help you stay determined through times when you dont think you can.

Determination speaks mostly for itself so this is a rather short blog. But stay determined so you can Live, Love, Laugh, and Tackle! ;)

-Lynnea

T time! -TACKLE

Okay I know there are only 5 letters to LLLTD But we're almost done! T is for Tackle (Tackle your problems.

We chose tackle because thats really what we do in life, we tackle our problems sometimes one by one and other times all at once.

Definition of Tackle is: undertake: accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" a sports definition goes further in the explanation of this word: seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball.

What does all of that have to do with Life? In life we are met with obstacles (I know and here we were all thinking that life comes easy...just kidding) We have the choice to be beaten by the obstacle, or to take it down! Obstacles are challenges, whether it be a decision in a job, or in what college you will attend, maybe it's even deciding what clothes you are going to wear today. Or maybe you obstacle is something huge. Perhaps you are deciding whether or not to cheat on a test, maybe you are a primary care-giver (many young people are given that task today due to the health of their parents), maybe you have to decided whether or not to pull the plug as family member lay dying in a hospital. Maybe your decision is whether or not to stand up to a family member who keeps bringing you down. The possibilities to obstacles are endless. Think of some of your own and all the decisions you have to make.

To tackle means to look at those obstacles, and take them down! Don't them rule you over or take you down but TACKLE them. Think over a sport, when the opposing team is keeping you from the ball is your first instinct to run scared or to tackle them? Well if you run scared you will have regrets, but if you tackle them you could win!

Heres another life experience example from me: When I was 15 years old my father was dying of Leukemia. My mother had broken her arm (in half) so she couldn't take care of my dad or of me. So at age 15, the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of high school I became the adult. I cared for both of my parents, but also had to take care of myself because I didnt want to get sick. (I was taking care of a dying man whose immune system was crap, if I got sick from lack of rest he would have gotten sick as well) So I did everything I could. I would wake up, take care of dad, fix food and care for mom, run to the store down the road for something (this was my time to myself as well as an errand), then I'd come back, care for dad, care for mom, make dinner, get dad ready for bed, help mom do something around the house, and go to sleep (My bed time was around 9:30 or 10.) But this left no time for house cleaning. Our house was becoming a mess but it's not something I could help. I was 15 and taking care of my sick parents! A Typical day with my dad was: Wake up, make sure he was alright, empty out his pee bottles, clean them, return them to his bedside, If he had to do something else in the bathroom I would have to literally pick him up out of bed and take him to the bathroom, then wait til he was done and pick him up off the toilet. (My father was 275 pounds and 6'5" to my 135 5'4" body type) Then I would have to check his platelets and rub his feet. Most days I would have to change his sheets and do laundry, it was a full time job (I'm not complaining I dont regret a day that I helped my father those are moments that I'll cherish. I'm just simply telling you this so you know what I experienced.) Well as tiem went on the house became a mess. And long story short my family got a visit from my fathers sister. When she saw the house she was appalled. We tried to tell her that I was doing what I could to keep everything together but she wouldnt listen. She threatened to call social services and have me taken from my parents. (Bare in mind I'm all they had to help them at this point) So I made a decision that I would not let her (the obstacle) beat us. So for 4 days straight I went without sleep. I cleaned the entire house, and it was shining and spotless, and I was still able to care for my parents (day time was them, night time was cleaning) I mean I didn't stop for 4 days, she came back to check on the house and dropped her threat. Although she didnt get to talk to me at all while she was here, I slept the whole time. :)

I said all that to say that with a positive attitude and (determination...which we will talk about next) you can tackle the issues in life. Just get at them and beat those little suckers with a stick. (In my case my weapon of choice is a rubber chicken because it's funnier and more random that way)

So to bring it all together: If you live your life, love everyone, laugh at situations, then you can tackle your problems and you've got 5 ladies cheering you on the whole time! :)

Until determination, you beat those problems with a rubber chicken okay?! ;)

-Lynnea