It has been nearly 8 years after my daughter, who was 7 at the time, and I were kidnapped and held hostage for 14 hours by 3 masked gunmen in our home before being taped with explosives and I forced to rob the bank I managed to save our lives.

It took 2 years to work through the debilitating aftermath and learn how to not only cope but truly discover how to live and thrive once again.

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