I just ran across a short draft of a speech Morgan was asked to give at the GED/High School graduation on June 16, 2010 for Colorado Mountain College. Morgan was mentioned in the Colorado Mountain College eNews publication about GED’s and High School Diplomas, dated October 11, 2010. Morgan had had missed a lot of school when she was attending Aspen High School because of her exposure to Carbon Monoxide. Being held back was not a choice for her as she was too scholastically advanced for that so instead she enrolled in CMC and took College classes, and then received her GED and went on to receive her Associates of Arts degree in 2011. Below is the draft she wrote for the GED speech – I just wanted to share it with you so you could see another glimpse into who Morgan was – she never gave up on anything.
When normal kids are enjoying their preteen years, they are learning to flirt coyly with the idea of relationships with each other, homework becomes a common part of life, and drama huns high. Unfortunately, i never got a chance to indulge in many of these occurrences, because I was busy spending my junior high experience dying.
For three years, instead of growing into a young adult, I was in my bed ridden with an ever growing myriad of symptoms that doctors could not rationalize and could not even begin to fix. They did not know a flue on my house was installed incorrectly and that Carbon Monoxide was being pumped into me daily. In the end it was a simple detector that named my killer.
Devastation hit again when i tried to join high school, and discovered that the poison had left in its wake, long-term side effects. More vicious symptoms appeared, and once more my days were being taken from me. By the time I was starting to regain my health, my high school had decided to hold me back, I had missed too many days being sick. Shortly after, I was attending Community College and had gotten my GED. Never regretting a second of it, this experience taught me to fight for myself regardless of what I’m being told and shaped me into who I am today.
Because of the wonderful experience Morgan received through Colorado Mountain College, Steve and I set up a scholarship fund in Morgan’s name through the Theatre Department. This past Spring the first student received the first award of the Morgan Ingram Scholarship. Morgan would be so very happy – she was always trying to get her friends to go to College.
What a beautiful, beautiful girl- she really radiates light in her pictures.
Thanks Cindy that is so sweet of you to say.
Her strength and your blog encourage me daily. Life is short and each day must be lived to the fullest just like Morgan did.
I totally agree – out of everything she taught me I think that was the biggest thing of all!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing this gem, Toni!
You are welcome Annie and thank you for your comment
Hi Toni – I’ve been reading this blog daily ever since the day I found it, and have become increasingly more into the whole topic of Stalking. I stumbled upon a TV Documentary available on Netflix that’s called “Stalked: Someone’s Watching”. Not sure if you’ve heard of it or could even imagine yourself watching it but it’s scary how similar yet different each stalking story is. I thought it may also help you see what other people in the situation have done during their experience with it. I’ll keep praying you find your justice for Morgan, she deserves it, and you and the family deserve the closure. God Bless.
Vicky thanks for sharing that information with the readers – that’s great!
I appreciate your prayers and we will keep pushing ahead for justice.
Morgan’s letter is heartbreaking!!! To have to suffer through those young years. Did you are any of the pets get sick also? This will definitely make people aware they need to have properly working detectors!!!
Yes, Morgan’s parakeet died and Steve and I were having issues but Morgan got hit the hardest because she was young and female – I later on when I checked with the Department of Environmental Health in Denver they said their data showed (at the time) that pregnant women, very young children, and young female children for some reason are the most affected.
Please, please, please everyone whether required or not, put in Carbon Monoxide Detectors and check them periodically. Good point to bring out S!
I would have loved to have been there for her speech. Is there anywhere we can watch a video of it?
Not sure I can try to find out. I know they mentioned it in the CMC Newsletter/paper
More evidence that this young woman would not take her own life! But in my opinion, the biggest reason would be, she would NEVER hurt you and her dad in that way! Her love for you guys burns like a bright white light through her texts to you!
Thanks Mimi I appreciate that, but we also knew Morgan’s spiritual beliefs, her love for her puppy, her strength of character, and the fact that she always believed in never giving up – so of all the people in the world to try to pin a suicide on Morgan was the worst candidate to try to squeeze into that mold…it won’t fit ever!
Yes, she would never have left her Wylah! Before this, I left a comment under the picture of the two dogs lying down…I do understand. And it is good to know that she had spiritual beliefs that would preclude taking her life. There were just any number of reasons why NO one would consider that in determining the cause. I’m so sorry you have been let down by the authorities! Can we get media attention on this case and their lack of doing their job?