l Hello, my name is Crystal Johnson, a tired soul. I have mental health issues. I am very prideful, so this is very hard. Homeless, tired, and drained, I was a woman way before I was a girl. Every day I fight, but because I don't look mental, they treat me like my disability. I guess when I was a kid, I was a ward of the state at 12, walking the streets of New York by 14. From Louisville, KY, I got myself into a lot of mess. Then at age 17, my sister was murdered in our home. I was awoken by my scream. I watched her die. It's always made me live in fear. Then my mom got AIDS. It was hard watching her die. Then my son, six months to the day, he died. Next, me. I thought I killed him, suffocated him, but no, he died from RSV, rotavirus. Trauma plays a part in my life.

But I tell you, in all this pain, I found grace in God. But now I have to push myself, and I'm tired. I had an apartment in Indiana. I tried to sign up for help through LifeSpring because I knew I needed help to make it, but when I went in, they made me ashamed and judged me and told me I needed referrals, which was a lie. VOA put me there and left me. I got no help from anyone. My grade level is 6th grade. I'm uneducated. I don't understand certain things, my lack of knowledge and the lack of humanity. I'm out, homeless. Where I stay, they steal everything I own. I just need help with a chance, a small place for me. I think I've been feeling suicidal. I got married in 2022, and I've been homeless because I feel so sorry. I want to save everything and everybody. Please, if you feel it in your spirit, please help me, Crystal Johnson.