Her step dad calls it “a miracle” and after she had been missing for 18 years I have to agree. The fact that Jaycee Lee Dugard was last seen being snatched and bundled into a car, his statement “After 18 years you do give up hope. I mean, this is a miracle – 18 years. When was the last time you heard of somebody recovering somebody after 18 years?” must give some comfort to the parents of another stolen little girl… Madeleine McCann.
As a mother I do not want to comprehend the pain both families must have suffered (or still suffering in Maddies case) I can not imagine the grief, the helplessness the complete agony of having a child go missing, the knowlege that your vulnerable angle is at the mercy of what ever animal has her.
Both families have had suspicion cast their way when both were desperate to have their child returned – can you imagine the pain and frustration in that – not so much that people think it, I think in that state you would care little for random opinion, but the fact that the police are wasting time with accusation when they could be searching.
But what of those random strangers that do cast blame – what gives us the right based on media reports (and we all know how completely factual they are 100% of the time right?) to decide someones guilt or innocence?
But we do.
I know I have cast judgment without knowing the full story and been wrong – Have YOU?