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God gave me Lindsay. She helps me cope. I don't know where I would ever be without her. I just don't want to lose her."

As she looks around her small apartment, Donna Robertson can relate almost every object she sees to her gratitude for a woman named Lindsay.

Pinned to the wall is a motivational article bearing the headline, “Overcome excuses and meet your goals.”

“Lindsay gave that to me,” Robertson, 61, says with a smile.

Pointing at a photo of her 13-year-old grandson, Robertson talks about how “Lindsay helps me read his school documents right, and helps me make sure I’m not missing anything.”