Y’all know me. I’m Marlee MacLeod.
Sometimes a person can end up in desperate straits through no fault of her own, and at the hands of someone cruel. This is happening to someone who is dear to me. This situation has several details and factors but I will tell you only the most important and let you know that as bad as what I describe to you is, the actual situation is far worse.
1. My friend is a Type 1 diabetic and is in the process of losing her feet, a bit at a time.
2. My friend’s husband (whom I also know, and who is no longer dear to me) filed false criminal charges against her.
3. Said husband threw her out without her insulin and other meds. He is also in the process of dispensing with her belongings, including the papers she needs to file for disability or Medicaid.
4. She cannot work at all. She cleans houses and has always been a very hard worker, but she is no longer able to work at all.
5. She is a guest at my cabin until she is allowed to return to her home, so at least she has a roof over her head.
6. But her health problems are chronic and she is literally losing parts of her body while we try to figure out what to do.
I don’t like cruel people and I don’t like greedy people, and that is what we’re dealing with here. So my dear friend, who was also very dear to Mama, needs your help. I know my friends are good people who will believe me when I say this is a desperate situation. It truly is. She cannot work, has not been able to file for disability or Medicaid, and most of her belongings are just gone. The husband has sold or given away pretty much everything she owns.
So, my good and faithful friends, I need you to help me help this person who holds a very special place in my heart. My friends are good people — generous and kind and always ready to help. So I am asking you to do what I already know you will do: help, to whatever degree you can. Help me fight greed and cruelty and help save someone’s life.
