Hi, Ellen!

How are you? I am glad.

I love you and your show. On a day that I cannot physically see it when broadcasts in the morning, I tape it and see it the next time I sit down to relax. There are many laughs that I cannot wait to have the next day, like the web videos and "What is wrong with these photos?" And God bless you as judge on "American Idol".

Thank goodness for your show. It is the only reason I have a sense of humor at all. My living environment is just like being caged up. I have no privacy, the air circulating around my apartment is foul, and I owe for rent and utilities. There are of course credit card and loan bills. My health is waning by the month because I do have money to even go to my doctors.
I am forced to move again because of shortened income and substandard environment. My desire is to move back to where I was born which is New York, but apartments and houses are like 3 times the amount I am trying to pay.

It would really change my life if I can be a contestant on you show. I wish I was there when you had the 12 days of giveaways. That was so exciting, especially was interviews and bits were interrupted.

ELLEN,
IF U LOOK ON THIS PAGE U WILL SEE MY SISTER . ONE THIS PADE ASKING FOR UR HELP . SHE HAD FALT FOR LONG TIME FOR HER LIFE . AND FOR HER TO KEEP HER SON AND NOT GIVE HIM UP FOR ADOPTION. BUT U DID NOT HERE HER
HER NAME IS ANN-MARIE LAMPERT . SON NAME IS MATTHEW . HER TIME RAN OUT TODAY ABOUT 4:15 AM DEC.18.2009 .THIS TIME AND DATE SHE DIED . IM SO MAD . U SEE SHE IS NOT MY SISTER BUT I CLAME HER AS MY SISTER BECOUSE I LOVE HER THAT MUCH . AND MORE . AND ALL SHE HADE IN LIFE WAS HER PARTER . HER SON AND ME . IM SO MAD BECOUSE NO ONE WAS HEARING HER . KNOW IMGOING TO SPEAK FOR HER . HER SON GOT GOOD LOVING HOME. BUT U SEE SHE DID NOT NEED MUCH . I THINK SEE DOSE . HER PARTER AND I DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR A NICE FLUNER . SO THAY BURN HER BODY . AND SHE LOVE WATCHING UR SHOW . I KNOW POEPLE ARE NOT MADY OUT MONEY . I GET THAT . I WISH U WOULD HELP FIND SOME TO HELP SAVE HER LIFE . THAT CANCER WAS SO BAD . IF SHE MORE TIME TO BE WITH HER SON . THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE NICE C-MAS FOR AND HIM . KNOW IT IS 7 DAY UNTIL C-MAS AND THAT HAVE TO TILL MATTHEW HIS MOM DIED . IM SO SORRY IM TACKING THIS OUT ON U I DONT MEAN TO. MY SISTER WAS ADOPTION BUT HER MOM AND DAD WAS BAD PEOPLE . WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE GIRL HER DAD RAPE ALL THE TIME . WHEN HER MOM DIVORCE HER DAD U THINK THING WOULD GET NICE FOR HER . BUT IT DID NOT . HER MOM STARED DOING THE SAME THING TO HER . WHEN HER MOM WOULD GET MEN SHE WOULD LET THEM DO THE SAME THING TO HER . WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE GIRL. I HAVE KNOW MY SISTER FOR ABOUT 4 TO 5 YEARS . I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING GOOD COME OUT OF HER LIFE FOR HER SON. I WAS PIG HEADED AND WALK AWAY FOR JUST A A TIME AND I WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT. IM COOL WITH THAT. CAN U TRY TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER SON KNOW. . IF U NEED IFO , EMAIL ME . CINDY GUFFEY FROM INDIANAPOLIS IN

JUST KEEP DANCING. THAT IS ALL YOU NEED. LOVE THE SHOW AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON...

hi ellen
I watch your show every day and wish i lived close enough to be a visitor there. love your show and love you too. I am 80 yrs. ,old and wish i could win anything you could give me. god bless you and Portia.

Hello Ellen,

Congratulations on you cover of "O"..You look amazing. Ellen my family and I watch you show every day, from different houses. You inspire me every day that your show is on. Your energy that you have, I wish I had! Ellen I along with many other people across the United States have suffered financilly the past year and half. I moved from California to Arizona in June 09 to start a new life. I lost my job last year and then things started to go down from there, my townhouse I had to let go, my car is in the stages of being repoed, and I keep moving on telling myself things will get better. I took a part time job in Phoenix because that is all I can find for the time being. I have my 15 year old son that lives with me who is the one that is missing out on the necessary essencials for everyday living.( Never Complaining ) my oldest daughter had to come home from college in June because I could not pay the $4000.00 dollars to keep her at Oakland University in MI. My middle daughter just gave birth to a beautiful son on Oct.22nd in California, and I A NEW GRANDMA have not been able to even lay eyes on him, due to finances. I am living with my girlfriends mother who opened her home to us because of our situation. After all that we have been through, I have managed to stay sober!! I will celebrate my 10th. year of sobriety on NOV. 26th 09 THE DAY OF THANKGIVING..I ask you to find it in your heart Ellen to help me out in this troubled time. I know their are alot of other people that need help too so if you feel it is best to help them first, I understand..wow Thank you for letting me write to you! Best wishes always, Marilyn

Hi, Ellen! You are always the highlight of my day! I watch you in Tennessee and my daughter watches you in Missouri. We talk often about what has happened on your show. They say that laughter is the best medicine. By now, you should have received an M.D. in every specialty there is! I'm writing on behalf of my daughter, or more accurately, my 3-year-old grandson. My grandson was born 12 weeks premature and weighed only 2 lbs. 13 oz. He is a fighter. He is now 3-years-old, but at 1 year, he was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. He still doesn't walk or talk, but we pray for him every day and hold on to optimistic hope that those precious functions will come to him one day. My daughter had to quit her full-time job as a cosmetologist when my grandson was born. Her days now are spent taking him to therapies every day (physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy). We are blessed to have those available where she lives. But...she is driving a hand-me-down vehicle with 172,000 miles. They live in the country, and every time they leave for a therapy session, we hold our breath hoping that her car will make one more trip to town. With the economy so tight, and with her inability to work, it is very difficult for their family of four to make ends meet, and a car payment is absolutely out of the question. I know you are not a car dealer, but if there might just be a vehicle available, it would change the world for this family. Thank you, Dr. Ellen, for listening to me, and you can bet that our family will continue to listen to you!!

I love watching your show. You make my very boring mornings tolorable. Anyways, I've filled out all the info for you to come help me out of my financial mess. Where are you???? I get up early, take a shower, clean the house and still no you. What are you waiting for??

Dear Ellen, I'm writing to you because my husband and I are having tough times. he got laid off , and my hours were cut from 40hrs to 21 hrs a week. However every day that I'm off I'm out there putting out applications. I have been doing this for week's. And have not received a single phone call. We have been married 23 yrs. though we keep a positive attitude. At night I find my self figuring out a budget. And no matter what I do or take away there just isn't enough money. We can't cover our bill's with my little bit of income , and his unemployment. We are behind in our electric by 300. + and well our vehicle payments are behind, every time I hear a vehicle I fear there here to Repo one of the vehicles. I already had the house phone cut off. We are barely putting food on the table. My mom who is 70 lives with us. and she just got out of the hospital. and is going through several test.my oldest son is 18 and a senior in high school who has a pt job working at walmart. and he pays for his own car insurance. but he offered to give me 25. a month. Thank you for listening. We love you, Keep doing what your doing girl... God Bless !
Love Engle Family

Ellen;

I am sure you have recieved many e-mails regarding your give aways. My husband and I have been married for 23 years and togather for 25. In the past few years we no longer have any 401k. We have used all our savings and my husband has lost his job 2x's in the last year. Once due to outsourcing to India and the next because the last company filed for bankruptcy. We no longer have any medical insurance and can barely afford our rent and car. The past few years he has taken many pay cuts just to keep a job. He has been in the computer industry for 20+ years and is soon turning 50. He returned to school because he lost the chance at decent jobs due to no degree. In the past few years he has sold his Taylor guitar, Dewalt scroll saw and really anything else he could. We have no longer bought any presents for each other and felt really bad that we couldn't buy a present for our beautiful grandson. Last few Christmas's I have just wrapped empty boxes to make it look like we bought each other presents. My husband has maintained a 4.0 grade point average and we live on my social security disability and his unemployment insurance. We have fallen behind on everything and just struggle to make rent and the car payment. I would love to boost his spirits and quit borrowing money we have no way of paying back right now. At this point he has lost hope and just hope we can pay our rent and car. We pray he can find a job when he graduates next year and we have a place to live. Thanks for just being there and giving a place to post my frustrations.

Hi Ellen, I am 66 years old, and have several medical problems that cause me to need to go to the doctor quite a bit. I am on social security, and can't afford to have my own car. My husband works, so, he has to have our only car. He works an hour away from home.Please keep me in mind when you are doing your give aways. I feel bad to have to call around trying to find someone to take me places. I love your show, and, will still love it wheather I hear from you or not.Thanks for listening, Linda Hanson