Comments on: About ULP

By: Nadia Elpis

Nadia Elpis — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:11:42 +0000

Alex, it is an amazing blog and a beautiful idea. It carries a healing seed in it. Working on a photo project devoted to people who attempted suicide, I know by my own experience how much participation in such a project can give. It provides an opportunity for people to express themselves, to put their sufferings into words – something, that lots of us don’t normally do. It is an important step in the process of recovery. Thank you ever so much for your work! Nadia Elpis

By: rebecca lavnick

rebecca lavnick — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:34:58 +0000

hi, I’ve been writing letters all my life. I remember the early ones when I just started writing and lying in the garden sun sharing my deepest feelings with my grandmother on paper. I sent those letters.

I remember letters accompanying my first and very traumatic relationship and the words of love (and obsession in them). I rather forget those.

I remember all the letters and letter books I shared with friends in school and those abroad and always put lots of things in them, made them smell nice and each be more special than the next.

And now, in my box of letters that I’ve kept (only a drop in the ocean of the numerous ones there were), I’ve collected a small fragment of my past. In this box, I have a special place for those that were ‘unsent’. Those I could never send because they were far too intimate to ‘bring to the surface’, ‘break through to reality’ and because I never dared. Also some to people I just lost touch with and never found again. Those are very special to me, mainly because they show the deep pain I’ve felt (among the joy) during parts of my life and because they are often just a line long. Because I couldn’t get the words out. Not even on paper.

Writing letters is healing. And writing, in general, if you heal from the first, is too. For that reason, I want to write professionally in the future and publish my work ideally. I’ve written one book (a diary, for the first) and am on the second (a love story). I really hope to publish one day.

I think this is a great idea and good for this day and age, where a lot of writing and time is spent on a computer and where this has taken over the good old typewriter (before my time!).

I wish everyone who writes an entry on this site, that the hope, the intension, their wish is fullfilled and that they learn through their own letters, to become better, prouder people.. where the world so urgently needs better people. I hope you spread your wings wide and far and reach all corners of the world, even in a small way.

Yours sincerely,

roebok

By: Editor

Editor — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:12:35 +0000

The book will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders as well as through this website and my publisher’s website (leclerebooks.com). Thanks for your interest. Should be available by next Wednesday.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:53:21 +0000

Where online can we order the book?

By: Taylor M

Taylor M — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:35:14 +0000

This is an awesome project. It has really helped me express my thoughts and stories.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:46:59 +0000

Just thought I’d say, I absolutely love the idea of this project. I personally submitted a letter made out of a couple fragments I previously wrote on the subject. Sites like yours give me hope. Keep on doing this great job Good luck with your book, too. I think it would be very interesting. This website definitely is

By: ViktoriaF

ViktoriaF — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:49:52 +0000

I’ve just found you blog and this project!
I like it a lot! as I see, you’ve managed to do it!
Good luck and many blessings!

By: kristin

kristin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:21:16 +0000

When I was fifteen years old I was violently assaulted and raped by my boyfriend. I did nothing about it and hid it from everyone. As I got older I told a few people, including my sister, but the pain never seemed to go away. This incident had a huge impact on my life. Years passed (I am forty-one now) and I finally stopped thinking about it. I am on facebook and a few weeks ago a message came from this person asking how I was and requesting to resume our friendship. It was a very glib letter with no mention of the incident that took place, just some veiled references. All the old feelings came flooding back and they were crippling. The letter I sent to you is what I wrote the next day when I was still angry and in shock that this person would contact me as if we were still old friends. I read the letter to my therapist, and she suggested I send it to him… but that would mean he could see my profile and have a glimpse of my life. So I did not take her advice. I did finally tell my mom what had happened. We had a good, long cry and then a good, healing laugh, and I felt a million times better. I never sent the letter because telling my mom and sharing the letter with her made me feel so much better. I didn’t feel the need to respond to him. When I saw your project I thought this would be the perfect place to leave my letter. I am sending it out into the universe without sending it directly to him. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Sincerely, Kristin

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:12:03 +0000

Hello,
I thought this was a really cool project when I read about it. Then I actually did one. Words cannot express my thanks for putting the idea in my head. It was a really hard letter to write, but I feel like I have let something go that has been bugging me for almost five years now. I feel healed, and I thank you for that.

I recommend everyone try at least one. For serious.