Jaycee Duggard

[Anonymous]

S.he is a testament to the human spirit, to hope, love, and life. Ladies, never complain about pregnancy again. A 14- yr old, knowing nothing, giving birth alone, learning to nurse her children, teaching them manners, and teaching them what she knows with a 5th grade education. I am going to carry around a picture of her so that when I want to complain, I will remember I have nothing to complain about

[Anonymous]

She's freakin amazing. Unbelievably resilient.

[Anonymous]

She truly is an inspiration.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for this.
I can't bring myself to watch an interview, but I am interested to know what she said.

Would anyone mind repeating their take-aways from the interview? (I think there was one with Diane Sawyer.)
How did she control herself emotionally all of those years? Did she start to empathize / love her captors? Was she in constant fear?

[Anonymous]

I just saw some clips from her interview with Diane Sawyer. I am just amazed by her strength, wisdom and perseverance. When she talked about her loneliness and how much she missed her mom and how she would look out at the moon to think of her, I lost it. I have 2 daughers and it is by far my biggest fear that something like this could ever happen to them. And it is absolutely appalling that this evil douche bag who did this to her was under watch by a doctor and by the state while all this was happening.

[Anonymous]

I was very touched by her bond with her mother and how that helped sustain her. It broke my heart to hear her talk about worrying she would forget what her mother looked like, or that her mother wouldn't want her back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for this.
I can't bring myself to watch an interview, but I am interested to know what she said.

Would anyone mind repeating their take-aways from the interview? (I think there was one with Diane Sawyer.)
How did she control herself emotionally all of those years? Did she start to empathize / love her captors? Was she in constant fear?

She was calm, sometimes funny, heartbreaking when she spoke of the birth of her first child and how she was no longer alone and had someone to love and to love her. She spoke a truth that hit me personally. She was asked if she felt ashamed and she answered, "This was his shame, not mine." I survived a violent rape when I was 18 and I have felt so much shame but this woke me up to that same fact.

She has a great sense of humor. When asked about her beautiful skin she said it was because she wasn't in the sun for the firt 8 years of captivity. Her 21 yr old half-sister taught her how to drive and she laught about the irony of that.

She wa composed, brave, not bitter, and looking forward to the rest of her life, not looking backward. I wish her and her girls a long and fulfilling life.

The last thing she touched before being abducted was a pine cone and she wears a silver one around her neck and she gave one to Diana Sawyer.

She is admirable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for this.
I can't bring myself to watch an interview, but I am interested to know what she said.

Would anyone mind repeating their take-aways from the interview? (I think there was one with Diane Sawyer.)
How did she control herself emotionally all of those years? Did she start to empathize / love her captors? Was she in constant fear?

She was calm, sometimes funny, heartbreaking when she spoke of the birth of her first child and how she was no longer alone and had someone to love and to love her. She spoke a truth that hit me personally. She was asked if she felt ashamed and she answered, "This was his shame, not mine." I survived a violent rape when I was 18 and I have felt so much shame but this woke me up to that same fact.

She has a great sense of humor. When asked about her beautiful skin she said it was because she wasn't in the sun for the firt 8 years of captivity. Her 21 yr old half-sister taught her how to drive and she laught about the irony of that.

She wa composed, brave, not bitter, and looking forward to the rest of her life, not looking backward. I wish her and her girls a long and fulfilling life.

The last thing she touched before being abducted was a pine cone and she wears a silver one around her neck and she gave one to Diana Sawyer.

She is admirable.

just reading this has me in tears.

[Anonymous]

me too. The human spirit is amazing. There is so much to learn from her. Thanks for sharing the posts.

[Anonymous]

If you didn't see the interview, watch some of the clips on youtube. You have to see her to believe her - one of the most extraordinary people I've ever seen. I'm going to buy her book not because I want to read it, but just because I just want to support her in any way I can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you didn't see the interview, watch some of the clips on youtube. You have to see her to believe her - one of the most extraordinary people I've ever seen. I'm going to buy her book not because I want to read it, but just because I just want to support her in any way I can.

Me too. If anyone deserves our support, it's her. Not to mention that I want to read her book, for much the same reason that people want to hear her story - I think I have a lot I can learn from her.

[Anonymous]

she is my hero!

[Anonymous]

They have the full interview on ABC news.com

[Anonymous]

I DVR'd it, and watched the first 45 minutes, and was sobbing from almost the first few minutes, when she talked about looking at the moon and thinking of her mom. She is unbelievable. I just can't stop thinking going through what she went through for 18 years. It's unfathomable. She's simply amazing.

[Anonymous]

Reading these posts really makes me want to watch the interview. I will check it out online tonight. What an inspiring young woman!