I know very few, if anyone will read this post...esp the entire thing...but thats okay...I write it mostly for me and others that I wont say too much about here and I hope just one of those read it....I just finished reading the book, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, A Life Reclaimed (A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings). My emotions are all over the place right now...Michelle Knight, whose story this is (she is the author along with Michelle Buford) is one of the most incredible people I have ever heard about in my lifetime. I first watched her story on Dr. Phil and when I heard there was going to be a book authored by her, I HAD to read it...I didnt have a choice...I knew it would be a hard read, so I started slowly to let in sink in a little at a time what she and the other two went through. Their story is one I have not forgotten and I was so amazed that every single time someone asked me what book I was reading and I would say that it was the book by the first girl kidnapped by Ariel Castro, no one knew what I was talking about and then eventually I would get, Oh, I think I remember seeing that on the news. I will only say that really says something to me about life and what we pay attention to, I guess. I have cried for the last hour...for her, for the girls in the house with her, for her being raped twice a day at least! for 11 years almost every day, for her never getting to see her son again (maybe one day), for the beauty in this woman and her will to forgive, for her strong faith in God after all she has been through, for how she sees the world now, for the strength she had to face Ariel Castro in the courtroom and speak, for the realization for her that if she doesnt forgive him, she might as well still be chained in his home as his captive...I felt her anger when he took his own life...he deserved to spend the rest of his life in prison locked up and I still feel that anger as I write this. This book has changed my life...I can already know that as I type this...I checked it out at the library because I wanted to save the money...but I need to own this book...books are my most treasured possession....this is a book I will refer back to...certain pages, when I need to for strength and to be reminded that while I was not held captive for 11 years in the sense that Michelle Knight was, I know what it is like. We can be held captive in life by those we love or think we love and most of all, sometimes by ourselves...I wish I had the power to erase those 11 years for these girls and give them their lives back, untouched, but I dont...Michelle Knight....you are one of the strongest, bravest, kindest people I have ever ever heard of in this world and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your story and doing it with such love and grace. God bless you.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 16:38:16 +0000
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