User talk:Toula fattibene

Toula fattibene 20:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)Bold text dear oprah, my name is toula fattibene. i watch your show with amazement on how caring and kind and definatly a good listener. truly there are not many people out there in this wourld. but any as a little girl my father died from a accident at my age of 18 months and my mother was pregnant with my youngest brother and she had to more sons at home altogether 4 children. she worked and worked and went to english classess and also learned how to drive. she is a native of greece and so was my father.so it was very hard on my mother to keep it all together.but at the age of 8 yrs old. i was taught to cook, clean and wash clothes and on top of that my homework. my to eldest brothers were very bossy so things were not that easy for me either. as time went on i became a teenager and had good grades and still was helping my mom, going to school and having a baby sitting job so i could save my money up to buy new school clothes. then in my last year of h.s. i met my husband at the time he was my boyfriend. we both quickly fell in love and i worked 3 jobs went to school baby sitted and still helped my mother. i got married at 19yrs old and then at 21 yrs old i got pregnant with idential twin boys. my life was always taking care of somebody. 3 and half yrs my children my mother retired her job at the age of 50 and decicided to travel to go see her relatives but unfortunatley she was diagnosised with als. i took care of my mom that i loved dearly and i practicaly had a nervous brake down and became strong so my mom and my kids would not pick up the the sadness inside of me. 3ys into her disease at the age of 53ys old my beloved mother died holding my hand as tears flowed down my face. as time went by i tried to be strong for my children and did the best job a mother can do with being so young but yet being a adult also. my brothers did not appreciate me before my motherdid not evenready for her grave. my three brothers were going through her jewlery and told me my mom gave me enough when she was alive. they also told me to get into her room and pick a dress out. overall when i finally grew my children into men and then on jan 2003 right on my birthday two of my heart valves burst and i died on the table. it took the surgeon a long time to stop the bleeding and having high temperatures due to anomina.the surgeon induced a coma and i was on life support. now 4 years later i don't have long to live and all i really wanted was to spend a day with eddie van halen and possibley he would authograph a guitar for me and give to me a present that i never received in all my years of mylife. this guitar will be safe in a 1500lb safe when i pass on it will properly taken care of.please oprah help make this the one and only wish come true as i have cried for at least 4yrs because i felt my husband made me feel like a burden and ruined his life. i also felt all alone for many years that nobodoy loved me since my mom died 20yrs ago. please help fill that void. even one day will be a lifetime for me.i don't know how it even feels to have happyness or joy and love in my life. i can't help stop crying because my life is over and i will never get the chance other people have and take it for granted. with all my love and your patience toula fattibene