How wonderful to hear good news after weeks of the Boston Bombings, North Korea, Syria, airplane disasters in Afghanistan and at an air show, and two separate catastrophes at bachelorette events. Three young Cleveland women were found alive years after their disappearances! I read Jacee Dugard's memoir "A Stolen Life" when it came out two years ago. She was held captive for 18 years and gave birth to two children by her captor. I was blown away by her strength and courage and her ability to remain sane and functioning while surrounded by truly evil and insane people and circumstances. It is amazing what human beings can endure.
Of course my mind drifts to the Holocaust victims I've known - people who have endured the worst situations one could imagine and who have gone on to live productive and joyful lives. Their lives, and the lives of countless other victims, were indeed stolen or irrevocably damaged.
I pray that the three young ladies in Cleveland can go on to find peace and even happiness like Jacee Dugard, Sean Hornbeck, Steven Stayner and Elizabeth Smart.
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