Tuesday, 20 October 2009

JAYCEE LEE DUGARD: A JOY TO SEE

People Magazine took the first public and exclusive images of Jaycee Lee Dugard, 29 years. Jaycee said, “I’m so happy to be back with my family”, she told the magazine. "Nothing is more important than the unconditional love and support I have from them.” Seeing the joy in her face brings tears to my eyes when I think of what she has experienced. Then I feel inspired by how enduring the human spirit can be. That she can look so marvelous is truly wonderful. She looks incredibly happy now she is back with her mother and family. A face that disguises her age and what she has had to suffer.

Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991 when she was just 11 years old. An ordinary, everyday short walk from her home in South Lake Tahoe, California to the school bus stop, within sight of the house, ended with Jaycee being abducted. Positioned in his garage entrance, Carl Probyn, Jaycee’s stepfather, watched her as she walked towards the school bus stop close by. He was astounded when he saw a gray sedan with two people inside stop next to Jaycee. A woman got out and dragged Jaycee into the car before speeding off. Carl’s frantic efforts to catch up with the gray sedan on his bike were useless.

Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11, are Jaycee's daughters, apparently fathered by Phillip Garrido, 58; a registered sex offender who police say raped her repeatedly over the years. Jaycee and girls—who had never been to school or seen a Doctor—apparently spent much of their lives in the backyard and garden of Garrido’s home outside Antioch, California.

It may come as a shock to many to learn that Phillip and Nancy Garrido actually resided with his ailing elderly mother in a house owned by her. Why hasn’t more been said about her and her involvement in Jaycee’s incarceration? It’s as if ailing and elderly automatically absolves her of any possible wrong doing. Was she ailing and elderly 18 years ago when Jaycee was first imprisoned in her backyard? Has she been ailing and elderly every day of those 18 years? Was she ailing and elderly 15 years ago when Phillip Garrido spent 5 months in prison and Nancy fed Jaycee alone? Was she ailing and elderly while Jaycee gave birth without any medical aid to two babies.

This backyard area, overhanging by mimosa trees and hidden by a high fence, featured a hellish warren of four tents and five sheds.It was in this hidden area of unclean canvas tents, tarpaulin, wooden shacks and debris that Jaycee and her two daughters lived.

Altogether he and his wife Nancy Garrido face a combined total of 29 felony charges, including forcible abduction, rape and false imprisonment.

Jaycee and her two daughters are now living in seclusion with her mom, Terry Probyn, 50, and family. A family spokeswoman said Jaycee was riding horses, cooking meals and thinking of collaborating on a book.

We can’t allow these wonderful photos to in any way reduce the torment that Jaycee and her family have suffered over the last 18 years or in any way belittle the very challenging road to recovery that Jaycee will have to go through.

They do however give us all hope. The sort of hope that comes from seeing another human being putting on a heartwarming smile even after suffering 18 years of hell.
It is truly inspiring.

Lets all wish her well on her road to recovery.

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