HER
I never realized how much I loved my family until I was taken away from them.
I never realized how important it was to be a kid until I was stripped of my innocence and forced to be something I was not.
I never realized how lucky I was to live in a stable home, with nice things and a supporting mother and father behind me, until I was chained to a cold, hard basement floor and left there.
I never realized that I would want to be back at school until the only thing I needed to learn was how to survive.
I never realized how much I would miss Mattie until I heard his sobs over the television screen.
I never realized how precious life was until I almost breathed my last breath.
I never realized my social studies teacher had the audacity and ability to cause harm to a child until he kidnapped me.
