Held against her will for a staggering 18 years in a dump that could almost literally be described as a hellhole, Jaycee Dugard somehow emerged unscathed.
Now, with the first Jaycee Dugard photo made public since she was found alive in August, the kidnapping victim is slowly adjusting to her normal life again.
“I’m so happy to be back with my family,” she said.
She is living in seclusion with her mom, Terry Probyn, and the two daughters – Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11 – fathered by her alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido.
Jaycee says she has begun the slow process of recovery by riding horses, cooking meals and is thinking of collaborating on a book about what she endured.
“They are living a surprisingly normal life, considering the circumstances,” Terry’s stepmother, Joan Curry, tells the celebrity news publication’s interviewer.
We admire her strength and wish her nothing but the best.