Miracle in SLC!

[Lilac]

The unbelievable has happened...Elizabeth Smart, abducted 9 months ago, was found ALIVE 15 minutes driving distance from her home!  I work at the elementary that Elizabeth attended when she was younger (her younger siblings, including the one who witnessed her abduction, currently attend school here), and we are all completely shocked and, of course, elated!  

Everyone, except the family, had lost hope that she was still alive.  Faded blue ribbons (Elizabeth's favorite color), some shredded and ripped from the weather, still clung to trees and telephone poles, dotting the Salt Lake Valley here and there, left there as a tribute to her memory more than the hope of her coming home alive.  Most of us took down our "Have You Seen Elizabeth?" pictures months ago.  The ones that were still hanging in windows were very badly faded, reminding us of the macabre image of any remains that might be found.  The horrible teasing the two youngest siblings had to endure from a few inconsiderate classmates..."You know your sister is dead, so why do you keep trying to find her alive?".  She'd cross my mind now and then, especially when I saw one of these younger toe-headed siblings in the halls.  We all hurt for the family.  We had all lost hope.  But we had moved on.  

But the family never lost hope.  Never.  They always had the feeling that she was alive somewhere, like in a basement or something.  We still are finding out all the details...whether she had been in the Salt Lake Valley all these months or not, etc.  But she is alive (though far from well, I'm sure) and with her family now.  With everything going on in the world today, I am very thankful that miracles still happen.  

~Lilac~



 

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Lockhart cuffed Harry merrily on the shoulder.  "Just do what I did, Harry!"

"What, drop my wand?"

 --Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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