Angels Blessings
The picture above is Crystal at 14 months.
The Bravest Girl I Know
I have been blessed with many things in my life. The main blessing would be my children. I have one child left at home now and she is such a blessing to me. You see she saved my life about a month ago. The 6th of August 2003, to be exact. I knew I was having problems with so many things in my life lately, but never realized how severe until one day I was at home alone and never saw no way out. I was suppose to go to work that day, but never left my home on my own, because you see I overdosed. I never thought I would be found in time, but by the grace of God, he sent my 16 year old to help me. Crystal, my daughter found me in the living room unconcious. She managed on her own to break the door in to get to me, dress me, get me in the car and speed for the hospital. This was early evening and as she drove to save my life the car broke down. Unknown to her then the engine had blown. But that didn't stop my daughter.
She managed to get help from two women and their son who had seen she was having car trouble. These brave women, their son and my daughter were now on their way to the hosptal with me. I don't know or remember these women, but they stayed with my daughter and me. They took turns sitting with me as the doctors worked with me, then they took my daughter to a friends because she could no longer stand to see all the tubes in me. I only know what I have been told because it took me until the 8th to wake up enough to remember what was going on. I want to thank those ladies and my daughter for being so brave in a very grave situation. I came very close to losing my life that day. But because of the help from each individual I am still here to say "Thank You". What happened your probably wondering. Well I found out while I was in the hospital that I have Major Depression with mood swings. I was on medication for depression but never realized how serious things were at the time until it was almost too late. I was in the hospital another week before I was allowed to come home. Now along with my depression, I have anxiety and panic attacks. It's been almost a month and I still can't go to places and feel ok. I get sick, fidgety, shakes and feel like i'm about to explode inside and then I fall apart and start crying for no paticular reason. My daughter was so brave and helped me and now I can't even help her with the minor things, such as paying our bills, having our own home and the necessities of daily living. My son-in-law, bless his heart gave us a car and with the kindness of others it is now safe for us to drive. But we need help, and i'm asking if you read our story to please reach out and give us a helping hand. If it was even just a dollar that would be a dollar more then we have right now, because at this point we have a little change to our name. Please don't get me wrong , it's not that I wouldn't work but I lost my job the day I went into the hospital and now the doctor has me off work due to my condition. At this time i'm inquiring on a subsidized apartment and planning on attending college in January to start schooling for an LPN. I've always wanted to be a nurse and I can take care of my daughter and me the way it should be then. It's just my daughter and me. I'm seperated because things in my marriage brought me to the depression state I am in now. At this time my only income is one hundred dollars a month child support. As you know I can't begin to take care of my daughter and responsibillities with this amount of income. So i'm asking for help, whether it be a dollar or whatever you can help with. Anything would be appreciated! I'm trying but until I can get my feet back on the ground again we are in a bind and I don't know what to do. I have no where else to turn, so i'm turning to you and asking for your help. With the help of others I am still alive and now i'm asking for help of others to get Crystal and me through this trying time. I just want to get well so I can be the one helping instead of the one asking for help. Thank You, for those of you who read my story of the bravest girl I know, my daughter, Crystal Ann Salazar, because I can only imagine what it must have been like to come home and find your mom OD'ed and to take control of the situation and do what she did for me. She literally saved my life!
If you can help us in any way please send whatever you can to;
Mary Ann Liggett
P.O. Box 155
StElmo, IL 62458
Our street address at this time is RR#1 Box174B Brownstown, IL
Thank You!!!
Sincerely, Mary Ann Liggett
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