I really liked the article, and the very cool blog

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Hello Ellen, i am writing to you again because i am not sure you received the first letter i wrote to you. I need help. I am desperate. I am about to lose my house because i have lent 10.000 from a bank and this year i was not able to pay my debts. I am in big problems and i have a 4 years old son and nothing to offer him. Please if there is any way that you could help me write to me on my email: cristina_stefi84@yahoo.com or cristina_tomoni@yahoo.com. My sad story is long but here i can only write a few words. Please help me or at least contact me. Please give me a hope.
Thank you
Cristina

Hi Ellen, there have been several emails out of SA asking for help. Have you perhaps received any of them? Posted on want to be part of the show website under same email address. Just have to say - what an awesome treasure Greyson is - Stars not only bring tears to my eyes but to my heart as well..... Thank GOD for people like you....Teach us to smile like you do pleeeaseeeee

Ellen,
My name is Julie Adams .I have written you before. We are losing our home and I am so scared what will happen to us. We work hard and we have not been able to keep up with our mortagage. I feel so scared and so lost. Where will we all go. No one will rent to us when we have to leave as few will allow a dog.! Nala is my best friend and she too will be out of our home...ELLEN...I am asking for HELP!
Is there anything you can do to help us....Lost in Bellingham ...from a good good family who give and care and do good things in life.
Help me to BELIEVE..
Love ,Julie

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Me and my baby love you so much :-)

Dear Ellen,
My name is Natalie Mercado i am 23 years old and I live with my girl friend, i am going to college. I was just sending this letter to say thank you for youre hard work. Me and my girl love youre shows, youre cover girl comercials and we think you are an awesome judge in american idol. You are the coolest judge. I was also sending this letter to let you know that i would like to get some kind of assitance on atleast finishing to pay my car. O only have one year to finish paying it and payments of 350 a month but I work in a Head start that helps families with low in come i am a teacher aide of children the ages 3-5 and teach the children how to read, write, recognize colors, shapes and many important things as they grow. I am going to college now and not have enough money to buy clothes,pay gas, or food for on the way to school. So as you can see its been hard for me and my girl. In my job i only get payed 560 dollars and pay my car, insurance, my cell phone gas and food. My baby pays for the rest of the bills. Having no money left. I also need to go to the doctor but have no money and my baby has been sad. I would cry of happyness if you see our letter. Thank you for youre time Ellen. We love you

I can also sing and play the piano for you Ellen, I love music.

Love Natalie and Iselda
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Hi my name is Eric and i love to help people like you Ellen They can write me for someone to talk too and possibly help them solve the problem at Ichoosetobeliev@yahoo.com

What i am about to tell you, please keep this confident, and i want this to be between you and me because if this was to be public then i would truly be embarrassed. Because i been laughed at and teased during elementary all the way up to high school, because of my house and how i look. I graduated from Lackey High School, didn't go to my prom because i couldn't afford it and nobody thought i was pretty enough to be their date. I grew up and still live in home where there is no running water (we walk and get water from the firestation next door), we have to bathroom (we use a bucket), we don't have a stove, or shower (we wash in a pale), the roof of the house leeks when it rains, and we don't have a heater ( we use kerosene stoves) well pretty much i honestly don't think it's a good living condition. It's been days when i would walk in the freezing cold and get kerosene and food so my family could be warm and fed. I would do anything for my family because i love them so much through the good and the bad. Don't get me wrong, i had lovely expriences in this house but i think it's time for a change. The house was passed on, it was my great-grandmother's house at first, but she died in 2006. I grew up in this house and lived in this house pretty much all my life. It's a one level home and the roof on one side of it is coming in a little bit. I worry everytime it rains because im scared the roof leaking too hard. My mom isn't the type of person who expresses her feelings alot until something big happens. I tried to talk to my mom about moving out but she ignores me and gets mad. I think she's been in a depressed mood ever since her mother (my grandmother) died in 2007. The lost of my grandmother trulyh hurts me to my heart. She died in her 50's and it still makes me cry everytime i think about her. She was the only family member who showed that she was proud of what i did. I know she would of been proud to see me walk across the stage at my graduation (june 2009). I also cry because the last time i spoke to her, she was mad because i couldn't find something for her. And when she was in the hospital those last few days, i just couldn't go and see her because she had alot of tubes hooked up to her, from what i heard and i know i would of bust of in tears. When i went to the funeral, i saw something that i have never seen in my life........I seen my mother cry. My grandmother was so special to me, she died in her 50's and she loved bingo. She was the most important piece of my life and she made friends where ever she went. I know she's looking down on me and want me do continue to strive and do better. I know my mom still misses my grandmother too and i think that's the reason why she's so depressed and stay's in her bed. My mom is only 38, going on 39 this year. In december of last year my mom springed her back and she went to the hospital. I cried so hard when she was in the hospital because i didn't want anything to happen to her adn it brought back memories of when my grandmother was in the hospital. When my mom got out of the hospital it was hard for her to move and she was crying every night because she was depressed and her back was hurting so bad. Her back didn't start to feel a little better after a few weeks. Today her back still hurts a little and she doesn't goes anywhere. She use to go out places with her friends and my cousin but now she lays in her bed and watches television. I think alot all the time especially about what my mom is feeling inside. Im always going to be here for her and i do want to make her proud of me. I am currently taking online orientation for this class that im taking for the University of Phoenix (washington d.c campus) and im hoping that i would get good news from the financial aid department because i need my own personal computer and other materials for college.I plan on getting my associates degree in the Health Care Administration in Billing and Coding. And hopefully if i graduate with that degree then, i could find a great job. I wanted to go to school for Graphic design because i would love to take photos of images that are beautiful when i took photography class in high school. I love everything about Graphic Design and Advertising.It's been a real struggle for my mom and two sisters and me. She barely gets money, she's unemployed. She gets child support checks for my lil sister who is 15 and that's only 136 dollars a week and she gets one for my other sister which is 17 and thats 368 a month, well she's gonna stop getting child support for my 17 year old sister because she's turning 18 on 02-11-2010 Im currently unemployed and don't have any income because it's hard to find a job. My mom doesn't work i think because she's still depressed. I want to help her financially but it's so hard because it's hard to find a job. I love to help out anyone that's going through anything especially if my family needs help. And im really hoping financial aid will cover my classes because i know that i have no other source of income to pay for college and if i don't then i would have to put college on hold (which is something i really don't wanna do). The unemployment also means that i don't have no health insurance, so hopefully nothing happens to me (i pray to God everynight). In october the doctor told my that i couldn't make a appointment with that doctors office because i didn't have isurance, and that hurt me alot. Now im going to a health department until i get health isurance. I don't believe that material things make a person happy, one or two things that i wanted and i still wasn't happy. I believe that getting things that you need the most is what makes a person happy. My inspirations are Kirk Franklin, Lyfe Jennings, Oprah, Marvin Sapp,and Tyler Perry. All of these people are an inspiration to me because they've made it out of the hardest and toughest situations that i probably wouldn't have made it out of. When you seen inspiring people as them, you get that encouragement that you too can also be successful. My family has been through so much and it's been hard for my mom and i know it's gonna be a struggle feeding us and keeping us warm, when she's only going to getting 138 dollars a week for child's support for my lil sister.. Plus none of us drive, so we walk alot and rely on some family members. My sister has a job and she's struggling with paying her senior debt which is a little over 200 dollars because she helps our mom out with getting food or kerosene when she can't afford it. I don't talk to alot of my friends anymore because i been feeling a little depressed and it feels like everything is coming at me at once. My faith, going to church, and talking to God is what's keeping my head up. I notice on today's show (2-08-2010) you gave a needy couple 10,000 dollars and a car, and that really made me cry and gave me the courage to write this message. Ellen im so overwhelmed by what you do to give back to others in need. It's hard to write celebrities now day's because some have a busy schedule and so many fans. Im really hoping that you could help me and my family out financially so i can have a good start on getting things on the right track. I hope that my image and story don't be aired because my mom doesn't like me to tell anyone about our situation or reach out for help. Im reaching out for help because i think it's time for a change. I want to be the one in my family to show them that i care and step up. Please help me ellen, im really desparate and my heart is hurting. Sincelerly Dyneka. (Plz keep this message confident and my photo confident my family doesnt know im sending this message and reaching out for help) God Bless.....

This is the edited version of my girlfriend Heaven's post. I love her and her spelling ;)

Hi ellen my name is Heaven I'm 18 years old and live in 67216 KS and my girlfriend and I used to watch your show and you have helped us a lot on diffrent stuff. Kaci and I have been together for over two years now. We hope many more years to come for us. Your wedding has kept us believing that maybe one day that could be her and I standing up there. I was 16 when I met kaci and not one day has gone by that I don't think about being with her and only her. She is the only person that I want to be with for the rest of my life. But almost everyone else is against us. Every time we go to the store or something there is always people talking or just giving us crap. I guess I really cant exspect anything else in Kansas. I know anywhere we go there will always be someone to say something bad. I just dont understand why they cant see that if I Love her why does it matter if we are the same sex or not. My mom has been a single parent ever since I was born. She has always told me as long as I am truly happy and I love the person then it does not matter Who i'm with same sex or different. I Love Kaci more then I could love anyone else and hope that we can get married just like you and Portia. Kaci wants to wear a colorful dress and I want to wear a tux. We talk about it all the time I just hope one day it will come true. Kaci and I met on myspace and decided to meet. Well the only place for me to meet her at was dillons because at the time i did not have a car or licence. So we agreed to meet there and I still can remember everything about her on that day, what she was wearing, even how her car was kinda dirty lol. I instantly new that she is the girl i want by my side when we are sitting there older the old porch swing talking about our grandchildren and anything else. A lot of people say you cant fall in love at first site but I did and I'm pretty sure she did too(heck yes I did!). That night she stayed at my house for hours she did not leave until almost 4 a.m. At one point someone put on a movie(it was the Hills Have Eyes 2, but she doesnt remember that) for us to watch but we couldnt keep our eyes off of each other. I felt like I had thousands of buterflies in my stomach, it was amazing and still to this day I have those butterflies. Kaci is trying to be a tattoo artist she is really good at drawing but she is going for her bachelor's degree in criminology. I'm trying to get my bachelor's in psychology. Kaci and i have always wanted to meet you but we cant afford to come to your show or just california. Its hard right now but we have made it through a lot just being almost 19 going to collage living in a studio appartment with a bed, tv and a few other things but thats it. So thats one dream of ours that wont come soon anytime soon at least. Just getting and having that hope that maybe you will read this not even on tv just yourself is good for me(us). We i just want to say Thank you Ellen for being an insperation to us. We will keep dreaming to have a wedding like yours and coming to see you, hopefully it will happen.

Love,
Heaven Lee and Kaci

Hi, Ellen. My name is Katie and i was trying to put my moms name in the draw but in 12 days of give away you don't have Canada listed for a place. But if its because you think Canadians don't watch it, your wrong, all my friends watch and love you.