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Ellen,I want to say thank you for allow us to write to you. This past 1 1/2 yrs. has got to be the worst for my husband and I. I got hurt on the job I have had many neck,back surgery's,hurt myself again the same time your back was hurting you.I watched you everyday and still do. After all that I had congestive heart failure had to have open heart surgery I had to have my main valve repaired thank god that went well,now I'm looking at lower back surgrey due to my disks are on top of each other. In the mean time my husband is a diabetic and he had to have knee surgery that went fine. And I thank his company that he has medical ins. 2 months ago it was like the earth opened an swallowed us now we have nothing my husband for 30 yrs this is the 1st time he has had no ins. I'm so scared. he also has to sleep with a sleeping machine because he stops breathing since we have no ins. we get the bill's I just dont have it.I dont know what to do ,our little girl Tequila Rose loves Halo so much she wont eat anything but that. so thank you for your dog line.
Dear Ellen, My name is Scott, I am a husband and father with two teenage girls. I love all three as much as any person could. During my 14 years as an over the road truck driver, reservist, and now veteran the last 18 months have been the worst. During the last 18 months I have suffered from 3 heart attacks. All three in the same place in the heart and two resulted in big blood clots in the left side of my heart. I have been told that my left side of my heart has been damaged to were only 35% is working. As a commercial driver each time this happens the rules say it is 8 weeks off. I do not have short and long term disability since it is not offered due to being a new employee within my first 90 days. Now with the damage to my heart I have to worry if my DOT physical is going to get pulled so I can not drive. The job I had when the last heart attack happened was as a trash man. How low do I have to go to keep a job I love.
Dear Ellen, I don't always get a chance to watch your show,but do catch it occasionally. My daughter and family need help. they are not as unfortunate as alot of people because they have alot of people who love them.they are in desperate need of a van as theirs quit working a couple of weeks ago. I have been helping out as much as possible,but it is starting to put astrain on my finances,not to mention gas money.her husband works but doesn't make enough money to take care of a family of eight.not for lack of trying.If you could help it would be so greatly appreciated by myself and them. Thanks for listening Valarie worley
Hello my name is crystal,I need help! My husband is a welder & has been layed off since oct.2009 & his unemployment has ran out. I have four children,no money & no insurance. We are so far behind on our bills I'm scared we will loose everything. We can't even drive our car because we can't afford car insurance. Three of my children beg me every day for braces for their teeth so other kids will stop making fun of their teeth,I feel so bad we can't afford to give them a beautiful smile but right now I'm not sure they will even have school clothes & shoes. My mom just found out she has stage 3 colon cancer & she can't afford to get the chemo treatments she needs to survive & I can't even help the woman who would give anything for me. Please,please help me & my family!!!
Hello my name is crystal,I need help! My husband is a welder & has been layed off since oct.2009 & his unemployment has ran out. I have four children,no money & no insurance. We are so far behind on our bills I'm scared we will loose everything. We can't even drive our car because we can't afford car insurance. Three of my children beg me every day for braces for their teeth so other kids will stop making fun of their teeth,I feel so bad we can't afford to give them a beautiful smile but right now I'm not sure they will even have school clothes & shoes. My mom just found out she has stage 3 colon cancer & she can't afford to get the chemo treatments she needs to survive & I can't even help the woman who would give anything for me. Please,please help me & my family!!!
you are such a fun person and i record your show for my daughter,kelsey every day. She saw your show when your were in Florida. She is the number one fan of harry potter. I bought her first book of harry potter she fell in love with it.She has read the first 4 books over twenty times.(she said she lost count), and the last of the books at least 15 times.There isn't a word she doesnt know and she can sit there and say the words on the movie word for word. I don't think there isn't a question you can ask her she doesnt know. Shes a senior in college and is going to be an English teacher. She told me the other day she was going to start reading them again. I think shes crazy. I'm not really poor but i cant afford to send her there and it just drives her crazy she cant afford to go there. IF she found out i wrote to you she would be mad. But i love
her. And i love what your doing for people and animals. And keep it up. It makes so many people happy.
Hi, my name is kristen mckenzie I have a 17 month old little boy his name is Shayden. I am a single mother I am 22 years old. I been in a homeless shelter for abused women. My sons father is in jail. The shelter I was in is still a part of my life. They are assisting in paying my rent in a house that they found me in pineville louisiana. I am a full time student at blue cliff college. I feel I will soon have to drop out and I do not want to because the only way me and my sons life will get better is if I get my education. I can't afford daycare. I have no income and no vehicle. I am supposed to get child support but do not. When my son was ten months old he was hit by a car when I was pushing him in his stroller. The lady that hit him was in the wrong and I am having trouble bringing her to court. My son had a concussion and bruises on his head. She turned into oncoming traffic wasn't wearing her glasses and did not have her blinker on when she turned. I do not know what my next move will be. I been struggling trying to keep my head above water but it seems everything I try fails. I understand that obstacles are just accomplishments with thorns on them but something has to get better. After everything we've been through I absolutly refuse to drop out of school that is the only future I have to look forward to for me and my son. - kristen mckenzie
Hi, my name is kristen mckenzie I have a 17 month old little boy his name is Shayden. I am a single mother I am 22 years old. I been in a homeless shelter for abused women. My sons father is in jail. The shelter I was in is still a part of my life. They are assisting in paying my rent in a house that they found me in pineville louisiana. I am a full time student at blue cliff college. I feel I will soon have to drop out and I do not want to because the only way me and my sons life will get better is if I get my education. I can't afford daycare. I have no income and no vehicle. I am supposed to get child support but do not. When my son was ten months old he was hit by a car when I was pushing him in his stroller. The lady that hit him was in the wrong and I am having trouble bringing her to court. My son had a concussion and bruises on his head. She turned into oncoming traffic wasn't wearing her glasses and did not have her blinker on when she turned. I do not know what my next move will be. I been struggling trying to keep my head above water but it seems everything I try fails. I understand that obstacles are just accomplishments with thorns on them but something has to get better. After everything we've been through I absolutly refuse to drop out of school that is the only future I have to look forward to for me and my son. - kristen mckenzie
Hi, my name is kristen mckenzie I have a 17 month old little boy his name is Shayden. I am a single mother I am 22 years old. I been in a homeless shelter for abused women. My sons father is in jail. The shelter I was in is still a part of my life. They are assisting in paying my rent in a house that they found me in pineville louisiana. I am a full time student at blue cliff college. I feel I will soon have to drop out and I do not want to because the only way me and my sons life will get better is if I get my education. I can't afford daycare. I have no income and no vehicle. I am supposed to get child support but do not. When my son was ten months old he was hit by a car when I was pushing him in his stroller. The lady that hit him was in the wrong and I am having trouble bringing her to court. My son had a concussion and bruises on his head. She turned into oncoming traffic wasn't wearing her glasses and did not have her blinker on when she turned. I do not know what my next move will be. I been struggling trying to keep my head above water but it seems everything I try fails. I understand that obstacles are just accomplishments with thorns on them but something has to get better. After everything we've been through I absolutly refuse to drop out of school that is the only future I have to look forward to for me and my son. - kristen mckenzie
Hi my name is juanitra burks, im married with two daughters and our family has been having a hard time.I dont work but my husband does and it seems we do so good at the beginning able to pay bills on time everything going great then he loses his job and then the landlord want to take our home, the cars we have keep breaking down. I have been looking for work for months no call backs. I prayed so much asking to get us out this situation. I hate the fact my children are going through this i love them so much. Im just never going to give up I cant, its just that i feel Ive failed as a mother to my kids. So thank you for listening to my story.
Hi my name is juanitra burks, im married with two daughters and our family has been having a hard time.I dont work but my husband does and it seems we do so good at the beginning able to pay bills on time everything going great then he loses his job and then the landlord want to take our home, the cars we have keep breaking down. I have been looking for work for months no call backs. I prayed so much asking to get us out this situation. I hate the fact my children are going through this i love them so much. Im just never going to give up I cant, its just that i feel Ive failed as a mother to my kids. So thank you for listening to my story.
Where do I begin? I lost my job on March 13, 2009. I worked in Orlando, FL and I absolutely loved it there. I moved there from Wilkes-Barre, PA when my daughter was a year old in the hopes of experiencing another place besides where I grew up, a place that had more opportunities than my hometown had. I had a great life there for about 7 years, but when I lost my job I was offered by an aunt to move in with her near philly. I moved in with her in late April of 2009 after I had countless interviews with no job offers. I found out that she wasn't such a great person, but I can't get into that on here. Anyhow, I was a dog walker, I did commercial carpet cleaning, I was a server, I worked as an assistant for a real estate agent, I did anything and everything I could to make some kind of money as well as continually interview through a recruiter so that I could support myself and my daughter. I wasn't getting child support at the time. Well the summer passed and I still did not have a full time job and had to make the worst decision I could have possibly ever been faced with. I had to have my daughter move in with my ex for the school year, under the condition that he wouldn't cause issues when the end of the school year came and I swore come hell or high water I would have a full-time job. Over the past 8 months I have worked and worked and worked and worked. I go to school full-time and have 4 classes left for my Bachelor's degree too...I would go to one job, then change in the restroom for the night shift job. I paid off all of my bills and got back on my feet, got my own apartment and found that full time job working for my oncologist as a credentialing specialist. I moved into a new apartment getting ready for my daughter to come home, and GUESS WHAT? my ex filed for custody. This coming from a man who gave me his word, who is a gmbler, no desire to go to school, is losing his job, and told me that "Maybe since you have a full-time job and I'm losing min, I will file for custody and get child support from you so that I can move out of my mother's house"...one lawyer told me that he actually has a chance to get her. I am devastated. The hearing is tomorrow. If she doesn't live with me again, I'd be a wreck. I just want everyone to know this story because it is so terrible. Because of the economy people are forced to make decisions that aren't right, but better than the current situation and because of that I may never have my daughter live with me again. She is 9 years old and a phenomenal kid.
I see so many letters from people in need. I'm writing on behalf of my son & his family. He was out of work for more than a year & recently started a temp job. He's has 2 undependable vehicles for his wife & himself to try to get to work. He was here last fall trying to fix his truck (again)& saw your show. You were giving a family a new vehicle & funds to help them. He's been down so much that when he watched the surprised family I saw him start to cry. He remarked that he could never have anything that good ever happen to him. My wish is for him to have a dependable car or that he no longer had to worry about his leaky roof. I watch you each day possible when I'm not working & watch in awe & get teary eyed when you help someone.
Cathy
I am in an acute rehab place after ependymoma tumor surgery within my spinal cord. I live with my 90 year old mother who is pretty sharp, and has been a trooper throughout this surgery and the removal of my thyroid last June. She takes care of 2 dogs, and keeps my spirits uplifted. I am a PE teacher, but have been out of work for quite some time. Currently I am trying to get my left leg to work again - very numb but I see small improvements everyday. I work hard and try to keep a positive outlook. My greatest joy is to work with people in my rehab floor who are much less fortunate than I am. I would love to hear from you as I enjoy your humor, and would enjoy bantering back and forth. Thanks for keeping my spirits up through laughter - Pat
Hi Ellen, I know I've wrote you before but things have gotten even worse. My landlord hasn't paid the mortgage in over 9 months and I had to move in with my best friend and her 3 kids and boyfriend and lost my home. My job is not looking good because their running out of money and I'm going to have to find another in this bad economy. I would like to move back to my sisters but no jobs in Michigan and I have to work. Back in 2007 I had to file bankruptcy
because i was pleasing my so called friends and ran all my CC up over 30,000 and I lose again so when i went home this past Christmas all crap went to ---- and i haven't been able to bring it back up and i need help. It's just me and Beethoven who will be 10 in June,(Shih-Tzu)and i need my own home and some money in the bank so maybe i can buy a home the next time instead of giving to a man whom i thought was great and turned out to be awful.I'm always crying on Portaland and in the Riff-Raff room and the girls there are just wonderful and always knows how to make me smile until i watch your show and in hopes you will call my name. Ellen can you help Beethoven and I please.Thank you Ellen and I love you and your wife you make the sweetest couple in this world.If i had a home i could take Jane,the lady i take care of shes 91 and I'm with her 4 days straight and sadly its looking bleak and shes so important to me as well as my dog and if i can get help i can let her live the rest of her life with me and live in peace.
love Darlene Sheen
Dear Ellen,
I am a mother of 2 wonderful children. On my son's first birthday my fiance lost his job and we lost our car. He went almost three months without a job and n ow has found a very low paying job, but the worst part is he has to walk there. It takes him almost an hour to get there. Also while he was out of work we got really behind on our rent and light bill. We owe almost 4,000 dollars to our landlord and almost 600 dollars to the light company. My children need things and i can't get them for them. My oldest is 3 years old and she needs a new bed because hers is broke. It is being held together by electrical tape, and my son who is 1 needs a bed also. He is sleeping in a playpen. So please Ellen, you are our inspiration to stay sane, help us.
Love always, Heather, Mitch, LeAnne, and Noah
Dear Ellen,
I am writing to you to ask if there would be a way to help a friend of ours... Robin is having such a hard time after the death of that man that was and still is her heart..Lee..Robin and Lee were to be married and three days before the wedding, Lee had a heart attack and passed away,so instead of Robin marrying The LOVE OF HER LIFE,she had to change all plans for her wedding day and turn a celebration to a funeral. There has been a lot of fuding with Lee's brother and he is going after everything that he can..Robin doesn'thave any money to buy her daughter Ashley a gift for christmas or to even pay her bills and if it hasn't been for her sisters and our group of friends,I don't know where she would be at mentaly..The love those two had is what we all wish for and hope to find, but his family just will not give them time to heal. Robin has wasted away to nothing and Ashley is a young girl that just lost the man that treated her as his own..IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS WITHOUT LEE, A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR ROBIN AND ASHLEY.....THEY ARE 2 OF A KIND AND ARE SOOOOO LOVED BY US ALL......PLEASE HELP THEM...THANK YOU
Hi,Ellen I WORK at palmetto health hospital,and I HAVE ,Three grandchildrens, and every year since my mother died I,have christmas dinner at my house for my two sisters and my brother ,my son neices and nephrews,but this year my heart is so sad, because Ihave so much bills ,that I can t buy them a anything,and I need help ,Im trying to keep my house but its hard,Ibeen working for 18yr, trying to have something,but Icant even treat myself to a birthday gift,and my birthday is five days before christmas.thank you for listing to me .Iwatch your show
Hi Ellen,
First, I have to say that I absolutely love love your show! I can be having the worst of days, but after an hour of watching the show, I end up with a smile on my face. I am even dancing around with my two dachshunds, and ragdoll. This is not the toy ragdoll, but my cat, Lulu.
I am emailing you because of my mom and dad. They are both retired, but have really never experienced the "empty nest" syndrome. My brother moved back home to live with my parents after his divorce, losing his job, and the loss of our brother in 2000. He had expensive medical bills right now. He just had back surgery. He works, but I do not know when he will be back on his feet.
In the meantime, mom and dad are carrying the load, and their retirement is almost gone, and money is tight. Because Randy does not have much, mom and dad are having to buy Christmas for his three kids, and their great graddaughter. My grandaughter, Jillian is five, and her mom cannot even buy her anything for the holidays. She is going to nursing school for 12 hours a day and on loans. Mom and dad are really struggling, and when mom calls me crying, I try to stay strong,but by the time I hang up the phone, I am in tears also.
All I want for Christmas is for mom and dad to be able to give a sigh of relief and to have some calm at least for a little while.
Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas to you and Porsha
Teresa
Indianapolis
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my daughter realy thinks your funny and likes your show shes bean having hard times her husband left her and the kids last year while she was at work so she has had a finacial struggle and lot of stress my husband and i try to do what we can for her and the grand children but we are strugling to i hope you can some how help my daughter to brighten her life thankyou ellen her name is trisha
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