This is a note I received today, which illustrates in many ways I won't explain why I both love and hate this website.

"I think your expieriences are amazing and beutiful and sad. but i can help you. Depression hurts. But you can get through it. I just have to tell you that itll be ok no matter what. Just know you must keep your religion. stay in touch with god and jesus and your hope will never die. Talk to Becca a lot. call her, email her, do whatever you can. And the wolf spirit. That sounds like the most incredible expierience. I hope someday ill get to expierience that one day. It sounds like god sent one of his animal spirits to tell you it will be ok. you will be a great person one day. Just go to church and stay in touch with your religion. Just believe in yourself and dont lose your religion. Just dont do anything to hurt yourself such as be emo, or commit suicide or anything like that. that dosnt help it only makes it worse. Because if you hurt yourself. thats just being selfish. your hurting people around you more than your hurting yourself. Just dont do it. The bst thing to do is to keep in touch with religion. i really hope this helps you and if you have any questions, please ask me. Thank you. "

I'll leave out who sent it and just innocuously point out that the author is thirteen years old.

Trent, listen. It you're thinking I'm depressed, it's probably because you've looked at a journal that somehow escaped my "delete" button or the description on a piece of art I submitted six years ago!!! In fact, please tell me what you found that revealed all of this to me so I can promptly delete it before someone else tries to 'help'. A LOT has happened since then. You were six or seven. How much have you changed since then? I'm guessing, or hoping, that you've changed quite a bit. To update you, Becca and I spent 5 wonderful years together and went our separate ways. We had our rough patches, and after splitting up and being on the other side of the country for two years, our relationship is still very close, and very good. You might delight to know that I did not kill myself or become "emo".

I'm glad you asked, because I do have a lot of questions - unfortunately, none that a thirteen year old boy can answer for me. Please don't try to make me, or anyone else, your personal mission. I will not accept you, Jesus, Muhammad, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, John McCain or anyone as my own personal lord and savior. If that concerns you, be comforted that I am, in fact, a very spiritual person.

Here's the bottom line, kid - and none of this is said to spite you, but to caution you - mind your own damned business. You can not fix people. It will likely be a hard learned lesson for you to learn and I hope it is, for your own sake.

With love,

A man whose business is none of yours.