Freedom by Jaycee Dugard

Author:Jaycee Dugard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Disgusted

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In the spring of 2013, I was in Washington at a dinner with family and friends when I learned the story of the Cleveland girls, as they were dubbed in the media, who were kidnapped by Ariel Castro. Yet again the media putting out what sounds flashy instead of what would be appropriate. These were three grown women who I’m sure didn’t want to be called “girls.”

The next night I would receive the Hope Award from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Nanny Goat received the news first and filled us in on the details as she knew them. I was stunned and amazed. Others like me and Elizabeth Smart! I was happy but at the same time deeply saddened that history repeated itself in a way again. In my acceptance speech, I said, “What an amazing time to be talking about hope!” It was a hopeful event, but the occasion also marked the beginning of new lives in the world, those of Michelle, Gina, and Amanda and her daughter. I felt a kinship toward Amanda because she too had a daughter, and I had had two. I knew, though, that their lives were very different from mine, and I didn’t dare speculate on what she went through.

This was just the beginning of them making their own decisions, I knew all too well. Right away with their first appearances on TV, they all struck me as being hopeful for their futures and all that life had to offer. That evil man took their decisions away from them, and now they had that ability again. What would they do with it? I asked myself that night. Phillip took my decision making away from me, too. Would they feel like I did at times? Unsure of themselves, but with time things would get a bit easier. It makes me so mad to think of predators out in the world, preying on other people and ruining their lives for their own benefit. I feel like what gives these fuckers any right to our lives? What makes these bastards of the world feel they can control anyone but themselves? Maybe that’s the problem: these assholes can’t even control themselves and therefore feel the need to control others. What creates this type of person? What circumstances, events, or mental process creates the Garridos and Castros of the world? This is a question that affects us all, and I believe it needs an answer. But how do you find an answer to this question so that history will stop repeating itself?

I think the interview Michelle did on the Dr. Phil show was what she needed to do for herself to move on from her trauma. She’s taking back her life. The next thing is deciding if that decision is truly the one in your heart or if it’s what others want you to do. My hope for her is that she is doing what’s right for her and her son. Moving forward after so long in captivity is not easy.

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