Love: This story from 20/20

#12:
So I was catching up with 20/20 and I saw this story about this girl who was the only survivor of a brutal killing spree in Sonoma county back in 1989, and the killer was her father. This was one sick son of a bitch. I mean the guy cracked one day and took all 3 of his daughters, killed 2 of them and thought he had killed the third, but she miraculously survived. Then he went to their house and killed his wife, went to his mother in-law's house, killed her and her two other daughters, killed one of his bosses at a winery, and severely wounded another boss at another winery. Then he fled to Mexico and hid out for a couple of weeks before he was caught. It was some seriously fucked up shit.

What got to me was the daughter that survived was three years old at the time and her throat was slit from ear to ear, yet she sat with her dead sisters in the middle of a field for 36 hours until some transient walked by and found them. She lived! She totally lived after 36 hours. Really, truly, amazing.

So through this whole show the reporter talks to the doctor and nurses who saved her and the cop who was on the case, the reporter that covered it, etc. And one of the things that kept coming up was how "strong" and "resilient" and "brave" this girl was. The will she had and the determination to live. What a survivor she was, the amazing attitude, etc. The same words being used over and over to describe what an amazing girl she was and how hard she fought to stay alive. And now, twenty years later, wait for it, she grooms dogs for a living.

Like, really??! I dunno about this. If I were her, and all of these people talked about how awesome I was, and what a fighter I was, and how brave and strong I was; I would not want to disappoint everyone by just grooming dogs for a living. I certainly felt let down knowing there's person out there who apparently is one of the greatest people to ever live, and all she does is groom dogs 30 hours a week.

Not gonna lie, it bummed me out a little. But I guess if I'm ever in Sonoma county with Buddha, I know who I would want cutting her nails.