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Between the raindrops1/1/2023 "My husband and I realized, from the book, that we have too much routine. In every case, the best thing of all was to hear statements like these: Blessed even more to be invited to become a member of that group! It's been a wonderful surprise and makes my day when I see a review on Amazon or Good Reads that the person has gotten something valuable from reading the book. I was blessed and honored to be guest author at a local book club recently for the same reason. We were honored to speak at a local Rotary group because someone told someone else about the book. If you're one of the many that have bought it and read it and told others about it, you've made it a success and we thank you. It's still got a long way to go before I'd call it a success in the sales sense, but it has been a success. Early on, we looked at crowd funding, but decided that if this book had legs, it would make it by word-of-mouth. Who would read it? Would people who read it think we were looking for attention or, worse, pity? What if the people who meant the most to this story ending well (God, family, law enforcement, district attorneys) were disappointed in us in me? What if people who've just gotten to know us suddenly turned away from us as so many did before? Would publishing the story be of value to anyone - maybe keep them safer- or would it be just more white noise? I remember how terrified I was to let go of it and hit the "publish" button. It's been a few months now since the book came out. #Between the raindrops crackedThe door will always be cracked open a tiny bit. We don't dwell on fear but we won't ever stick our heads in the sand again, either.įor us, there is no closure. Not knowing is worse than knowing- at least, for me. ((Some might say, "Don't read this stuff!" That's not possible. He's filed several appeals, had witnesses murdered and complained about his "standard of living". I discovered he'd been moved to Altiplano Prison in Juarez on the Texas border. I wondered if Miguel was still there and did a Google search. Recent news of "El Chapo" Guzman escaping Puente Grande Prison reminded us that the cartel boss in our case, Miguel Trevino Morales, "Z-40", was in that same prison when he was arrested. Anyone who comes up behind us suddenly will think they've given us a heart attack by the way we jump! The triggers are there. A windowless van pulls up and parks next to us as we're parking and we'll pull out and park somewhere else. Then, something will trigger the fear and we're inside that fear again.Ī car, in my rear view mirror, seems to be following me and I'll give it the opportunity to pass me or I'll purposefully change my route suddenly to "lose" them, all the while feeling my heart begin to race and a knot form in the pit of my stomach. We always think about being alert, not getting into set routines and each other's safety a positive change that will be with us forever. I'd like to think that we're much wiser and living more in the present than ever before that we don't sweat the small stuff so much.ĭays, sometimes weeks, do go by that we don't think about the kidnapping or Mexican drug cartels. Don't get me wrong, we are much closer to the people we were on Februthan who we became the next day. I don't know how it is for other victims of violent crimes, but, for us, closure is a transient notion. Miriam Webster defines "closure" as ' a feeling that a bad experience has ended and that you can start to live again in a calm and normal way'. I usually agree and then I thought I'd look up the definition of the word. People often say that writing the book must have given us closure. It's been more successful than we imagined it would be and our appreciation goes out to those who've supported us, recommended the book to others and the wonderful people who've never turned their backs on us through the good, the bad, and the ugly. "Walking Between The Raindrops" has been out for one year now.
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