1993 The Year of "The Flea"

About the Book

We had a nice family, a nice new home, we were not wealthy. We did have good jobs, worked hard for what we did have. We were just a normal quiet family. We were not rich or famous, or anything noticeable that would warrant our nine year old to be kidnapped from our home, on a hot summer night back in 1993. So why did something so terrifying happen to us? What did we ever do to deserve it? This is part of my journals, that tell my story in my words. This story is how we coped, or not coped with something so horrifying that it changed our lives forever. This is my story good or bad, of what happened, the stress, the agony, the guilt of not being able to protect our children, of determination to set things right. We were a strong family that people said the odds were against us that we would survive. We did survive, and we came through it stronger than anyone expected. This story needed to be told to help other families know that there is help out there, where one never expected. That courage and all the positive things, someone never thought they had overcame all that was so very bad.

About the Author

Married for over 35 years, I tease husband Dan that we will also be together In the "afterlife". We have four great adult kids, and even greater grandchildren. I have always written stories, written faithfully in my journals, and have told stories for as long as I can remember. Tanessa and I are also published poets. I love all music, and I've been doing our genealogy for over 30 years. I hope to publish the genealogy as well as a few other projects in the future. We moved from the Rochester NY area back to where I grew up in Cuba NY a few years ago. It was always my intent to let other families know that they are not alone, that no matter what. .. that they can overcome the bad. That they can survive and go on with pride and dignity, that life will be good again. My motto is "never Never NEVER give up". If you are ever in need of a hug or to share a tear with, you can e-mail me atjdm_smile@yahoo.com