KIDNAP victim Elizabeth Smart — who was snatched at age 14 and held captive and raped for nine months — credits her mom for pushing her to keep going through her torment of “shame” and “guilt.”
Now 34, married to Matthew Gilmour, dad of her kids, Chloe, 7, James, 5, and Olivia, 3, Smart says her horrific ordeal 20 years ago changed her forever. But she praises her mom, Lois, for helping her survive after her rescue.
“Whenever I had a bad day, she’d be like, ‘Elizabeth, what do you do when a horse bucks you off?’
“And I hated that so much. I was like, ‘Just let me feel sorry for myself for five minutes,’ ” says the brave survivor.
“She always wanted me to get back up. She…
