Dear Oprah

Things are pretty bad here in Brazil.
I am very depressed despite trying very hard not to be.
I pray and pray and pray because there's nothing else to do.
Translations are very sparse and I have money issues. As long as I can I don't leave home so I am not going to spend any money.
But for me, the worse is feeling useless. When I work I don't have time to worry or to feel anything.
But I am trying to be positive. Praying and reading good books.
Yesterday I went to my student's home and I feel so sad for him because he's going to be forced (because of the economy) to leave his fiancée here and move back to his hometown, which is quite far.
They are wonderful people and I love them dearly.
Also, my friend in San Diego is having a hard time. Her dog died and her husband is travelling abroad do she has to deal with her three grieving kids alone.
The older kids (11 and 8) can understand but her 3-year-old boy...
I guess we are all having a hard time lately.
What makes me even more sad is that without money I am not going to visit my son.
I miss him so much.
He gives me the best hug a mother could ask.
When he hugs me I feel like nothing bad can touch me.
In fact, I think that it's like when his father hugged me.
Sometimes all we need is a hug, isn't it?
I have a trick, tough.
I close my eyes and imagine Jesus hugging me.
Jesus taking me in his arms and making me feel better.
Assuring me that everything is going turn out fine.
And it is.