Dealing with Difficult Family Members (rant)

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I have an Aunt that I moved to AZ from WA to help with her animal rescue because her kids refuse to and so I worked for her through my entire pregnancy (for free) doing all sorts of things that were not that great for me i.e cleaning litter boxes, lifting and moving heavy bags of food, carrying large buckets of water, dealing with jumping dogs (13) and feral cats (over 100) other duties included cleaning all 9 rooms, 3 kennells, cleaning counters and changing all bedding and vacuuming. I worked for her 7 days a week and averaged 7 to 10 hours a day and sometimes all day long when she was sick or did not feel up to doing it and I worked right up until I went into labor, my labor started at 2 am and I got off at 4am. Then I took a 4 day break (including hospital stay)after I had my daughter. Within those 4 days my Aunt was bad mouthing me to her volunteers and saying things about how I had turned my back on her because I was not willing to leave my newborn at home with my younger children in order to go across the street and pull a 4 hour shift. Needless to say I went back to work for her and shortly there after (about 2 months) I had to move a ways away. Once I did this I was unable to get over there to help because I don't drive and couldn't afford to pay someone to babysit or for gas. Now, I have received really crazy delusional emails from her that do nothing but say how horrible I am and how I never helped her and that I was selfish and just don't want to have to work. I am a mother of 4 and work online all day long and do everything it takes to help support my family, so hearing this after all I had done for her just has me so extremely angry I just do not even know what to do. I have not talked to her in over a month but really do not want to leave it like it is. Any suggestions on how you would handle this would be great!