.a letter from Laura

Dear Godmother, Shannon Marie Culkeen;
May God's grace always be with you. I want to thank you for the letter that you have sent me, for your good wishes and for your prayers, thank you for thinking on me. Because you sponsor me, I want to tell you about how I am doing here. My family is doing Bad. My dad had a surgery for a hernia because there were complications. I have a migraine...other than that, all right, more or less. I want you to come, I need you to come please. I want to know if you can come and spend time with us. I passed the 6th grade! May you enjoy yourself on Christmas. I love you very much. You are a rose. Come soon.

(2nd paragraph, maybe another letter.)
Dear God mother; I got your lettter, I loved it. I am still sad, because my Dad is still sick. I need to have blood taken out of my right arm to have exams, to know if I truly have a migraine or if it's something else. In these moments, I wish you were here. I need you to come, more than ever. I loved the picture you drew of me, I will send you another.

Bioi;

Laura Imelda de la Luz Colin (Age 11, birthday February 4th, 1995)

Crud, My sponsor kid breaks my heart.

How can you explain to an (almost) 12 year old that, though you provide a lot of the privileges she has in her life, you're too poor to come see her?