LUCY

Dear Linda, I was intrigued with your synopsis of the film and about how we try to save a person. In my life I have had two instances that have both revolved around people close to me and drug abuse. With this issue I feel that it is incredibly hard to "save" someone becuase I believe that with something like addiction, these people both want to be saved and also want to be left alone. No one wants to look in the mirror and know that they are a burden on someone else, but I think the people in my life that I have had to live with through these problems desperately needed attention. The biggest issue with trying to save an addict, in my experience, is being tolerant and understanding that there will be relapses. When I have tried to be there for these people, I'm asking myself, in the back of my mind, "how much am I going to give of myself to this person?". I feel that in trying to save someone you are also loosing a part of yourself, because what you give out can just be taken and taken and can really take it's toll on your soul. Another aspect I'm wondering if you explored is when we try to save ourselves through another. In my life, I have tried to do this because I treated somebody who loved me very much, very badly. She gave me another chance. After an incident that brought on this second chance I felt as if my soul was damaged as much as hers and I couldn't believe I had actually done the things I had done. My life became about doing whatever I could to make her happy and also to prove that I was a better person then I had previously been living my life because I knew deep down that this girl meant everything to me, it sadly and pathetically took a really bad event for me to realize that. I came about this site because I did some work for a guy named Michael Suhr, in Vancouver, for a green screen, CGI project he was working on and he said I should check out this site, and that he forwarded my bio to you and your husband. I hope this isn't unprofessional to mention that here, but I thought I may as well. I'm really happy that I checked out this site, and it's been a good, reflective time for me writing this email. I hope your production is going well. sincerely, Chris Ireland Chris Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

It's super hard... trying to save someone. This is my story... I love him so much, and I don't want to give up on him. But I try and I try and I try, and I give everything I have, and a little bit more, and it seems like its pointless sometimes. It's really frusterating, really hard. I sometimes feel like i just want to give up, 'cause what's the point? But then I make myself see again what he is going through, and how hard it is, and how, deep down, he really badly wants to be saved, needs to be saved... So i grit my teeth and keep on trying. Because I really do love him, and it's worth it all just to see him smile. Often I feel like it isn't possible to save him, like it is too hard for me, like i should just give up and let someone else do it. I want to get bitter and sarcastic, and be indifferent like he is once in a while. He accidentaly hurts me sometimes by pushing me away and shutting me out. Often i feel like doing it back, just to make him feel what I feel, just to hurt him back 'cause it sucks to be hurt. But, again, I make myself remember that he has always been pushed away, and hurt, and he has a lot going on in his mind that i can't see. So i don't give up, i keep on trying. And it truly is awesome when on rare occasions, I glimpse who he really is behind it all. I see how much he has changed, and how much, with God's help, I have helped him... and it makes it worth it. That's my story Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I dont really have a story to tell, but I really think that you can save someone. Lets take the story "Lucy" for instance,well Lucy's brother was not acting very good, and he was always getting into trouble, now this can be stopped, well you could try just being really calm with them, and trying to tell them that what they are doing is wrong, you could also try acting nicer and be very kind,and mabe he could see how happy, and how great your life is, and this could lead to him wanting to act like you, mabe he could have a great life. This could help, but sometimes you should just leave them alone and just let them try and figure out, that what they are doing is making there life not go so well, but sometimes people can get very angry and mabe you should back off, and tell your parents,because you would not want to get into a situation that could put you into danger. That is what I think,I think that it is possible to save someone,and I think that if you try and save someone you are doing a great thing,and you should be very proud. I would also like to tell you that I have tried out for the movie Lucy and it would be an honor to be in the movie you wrote. From: Stephanie Bateman Stephanie Bateman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

When I was 9 years old, I found out that my babysitters niece had cancer. She lived in another city on an island off of Vancouver Island. I had never met her, but I wanted to help her. So, one day I said to my mom, "Mom, I'm going to have a walk for Danica(the girl who had cancer) and everybody can pay a fee to come on the walk." The next day, before I went to school, I called the newspaper and the TV station and told them about my idea. So after school they came to my dance studio to interview me. Turns out, the newspaper article took up the whole front page! After that, everybody wanted to help. My mom and I decided that we should have I silent auction as well. We went to every store in the mall asking for donations for the auction. Almost everybody donated something! Blairs Sportswear also donated t-shirts that said "Walk For Danica" on them. Starbucks, Wendys and Sun Rype donated food and drinks. Even though on the day of the walk it was raining, over 100 people showed up! At the end of the walk, my mom and I counted up the money, and found out that we had raised over $3,200.00! The money paid for all of Danica's medicine. Danica got better in less than a year. That summer, she came to visit and I finally got to meet her. Once her medicine was paid for we realized there was still around $300.00 left. Danica suggested we give it to the Childrens Hospital in Vancouver(where she stayed when she was sick) because the games there were old and wrecked. At the end of all this I felt good knowing I helped cure one person who was battling cancer. Ciara Salloum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .