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The Missing Has Been Found

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: September 6, 2009

An eighteen-year mystery has been solved…

For eighteen years they thought her dead
and as they passed her empty bed
her mom and dad would visualize
the nightmare of that day.

For eighteen years they hoped and prayed
that justice would at last be paid.
That those who kidnapped one so loved
would suffer for their crime.

For eighteen years tried in vain
to keep their marriage free from blame.
And stress that's born of tragedy
would shatter vows they made.

But eighteen years have come and gone
and now they've learned their little blonde
is twenty-nine, the mom of two
and very much alive.

Eighteen long years and no one knew.
The case was closed. There were no clues.
But just like that.... a miracle.
Who says that prayer's a waste?

* On August 27, 2009 Jaycee Lee Dugard was found in Antioch, CA after having been kidnapped as an eleven year old in 1991. Amazingly, my family was living about five miles from where this young woman was kept in a maze of tents and shelters in the backyard of her abductor. We had no idea that such a horrid crime was being played out "in our backyard."



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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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Posted: September 6, 2009

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