My name is Martha Pittman.

Here I am again in crisis.

I've pulled myself out up until now. Now I'm weighed down by it. Please forgive me for asking for help. I have no family and no one to turn to.

In 2012, I was thrown out by my husband of 13 years unexpectedly. A week later, I had the Widowmaker heart attack and died for 5 minutes. They placed a stent in my heart. My ex-husband got remarried (he cheated while married to me) in 2013, 6 months after our divorce. My parents both died—Mom in July and Dad in December 2013. My remaining family abandoned me and took my family home from me, leaving me HOMELESS.

Now, I bounced back from all of that on my own. I established Social Security disability for myself, I had a working car, and I was on assistance with other small programs for food and etc.

Sadly though, despite my efforts, my car is 26 years old and it decided that this was the year it was going to stop working. I have bad edema in my legs and around my lungs and heart, and I am also a heart failure patient. I need my car to be able to go back and forth to the cardiologist because my condition is worsening and I have no way to get there. Not to mention, you got to go get groceries even though I can get them delivered. That would still be an added expense and who needs that when you're trying to save up for a car. I also need to wash clothes because I have no washing machine. So as you can see, not having a car puts me in quite the predicament.

To top all that off, my walkway up to my house that sits up in the air has decided to cave in. Now, this was here before I moved in 5 years ago and I don't know how they built it and I don't know what they used. All I know is I moved in and I started using it. I guess normal wear and tear and now the walkway is breaking down and it's dangerous. I need a new sheet of plywood to fix my walkway and that's expensive too, and I have no way to get it to myself except maybe a delivery once I get the money up for it.

I hate to ask people to donate or to give me anything. I'm usually very self-reliant. I was raised that way. But as you can see, I'm in quite the crisis and I need a little help.

I have tried talking to multiple car lots for loans. Any kind of auto dealer that could try to help me. They all turned me away and say number one, I don't have enough to put down and number two, I don't have any credit or cosigners because I'm on SSI and I have no family. No one is willing to work with me and I'm at my wits' end about that.

I'm trying to get up enough money to repair my walkway and maybe a good down payment on a car so that they will work with me.

I've already told them all that I can afford a payment under $300 a month and I only have a couple hundred to put down as it is. But if I could raise enough money to put up a good substantial down payment, maybe they would reconsider.

That's where this donation comes in.

I want to raise enough money to put a down payment on a car and fix my walkway. I'm asking for $2,200.

I know that's a lot of money. And I hate asking for it, please. Someone has to have mercy. There has to be some hope out there because I'm running out.

I just want to be able to go to the doctor. I don't want to die.

If you can find it in your heart to donate even a small amount, I would be forever thankful.

Thank you and be blessed.

Martha