Posted by marie mackenzie (216.53.216.138) on November 24, 2000 at 21:34:54:
In Reply to: www.oprah.com Oprah's website posted by Don M. on September 15, 1998 at 15:37:47:
HELLO OPRAH, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT NEVER READ THIS HERE IT GOES. I TRULY ADMIRE YOU AS A WOMAN AND AS A WOMAN OF COLOR. I REALLY APPRECIATE WOMEN LIKE YOU WHO ARE DETERMINED TO GET AHEAD IN LIFE AND ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS. I AN FROM PUERTO RICO, I HAVE 5 BOYS. AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE I HAD A VERY ROUGH TIME AND MANY TIMES I WANTED TO GIVE UP BUT EVERY TIME I WATCHED TV AND YOU CAME ON I HAD NEW STRENGH TO GO ON.MY CHILDREN ARE NOW GROWN AND THEY HAVE THIER OWN STRUGLES NOW. I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENT. MY BOYS DID NOT HAVE A VERY HAPPY LIFE WHEN I WAS ALONE WITH THEM. I WORKED 2 JOBS AT TIMES AND HAD VERY LITTLE TIME WITH THEM. I WORKED ALL THE TIME. MY CHILDREN AT TIME ARE VERY UNHAPPY AND I KNOW IS BECAUSE THEY HAD A ROUGH CHILDHOOD. THEY DO AHVE A FATHER WHO IS VERY SELF CENTERD AND HE WAS VERY ABUSIVE WITH ALL OF US. MY BOYS DESERVED BETTER. I WISH I COULD SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM SOMEDAY. I FINALLY MET A WONDERFUL MAN 10 YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY. HE IS FROM SCOTLAND AND I AM FROM PUERTO RICO. OPRAH I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION IN MY LIFE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU MILLIONS TIME OVER. I WISH I COULD MEET YOU SOMEDAY......I ALSO HAVE DREAMS MARIE FROM FLORIDA.