Append To Textarea

I need to create a form with a textarea on an ASP page that, when opened, fills the textarea with the current contents of a field in an Access database, and each time the form is submitted, appends any new text added to the existing text in the database field. I can do this, but the text runs together when it fills the text area. Example:
Entry 1

Entry 2

comes back as

Entry 1Entry 2

Any suggestions on how I can maintain line feeds when I pull the appended field back from the database.