Kosmo Kid's "Letter to his Daughter"

[Julie]

I am without words ...... this touched me so deeply. Thank you for sharing something so personal Soap --and may God bless you all for your goodness.

 

[nr]

A similar case: We've already shared with Soapweed this story that our school friends went thru with their daughter who graduated at the top of her high school class. She decided to not go to college and instead disappeared with a guy she'd been dating. Our friends had no idea what had become of her for a couple years. Then one day their other daughter was on a bus and happened to see the missing sister on the sidewalk. She caught up with her and gradually the story unfolded that the boy friend had convinced her she needed to focus on only him and have no contact with any of her friends or relatives. She bought into it, was sequestered then found she couldn't escape his clutches.

Her sister helped her cook up a scheme to escape so, with their parents approval, the one in college dropped out temporarily and the two drove to another relative's home a few states away whom the boyfriend didn't know. They worked for a year until the sister felt safe enough to return home. She then went to college, got her M.S. in nursing, married and now has a family. Happy ending.
Part of her problem initially may have been some undiagnosed depression which has since turned up in a couple members of the same family. With medical treatment they are all feeling much better and living normal happy lives.

 

[katrina]

I too often think of Tiffany and prayers too..........
But Soap, I'm ready to get Dog the Bounty Hunter and bring her back to you....... Enough is enough, time for action.........

 

[Soapweed]

Soap, I think about this awful situation often and wonder how I would handle a deal like this. My actual solutions probably wouldn't change anything and just get me a long jail sentence.

However, I was wondering how this cult makes it's money, and if the members are out in public....which they must be to some extent if she met the guy she married at school. Also, do you have an address or picture? You never know when someone on here might accidentaly be in the same area. Maybe there's also advice that you have to help others avoid such a situation.

Sure hope your family gets some good news re. this situation, soon.

Tiffany met this young man at her cousin's wedding. Tiffany was a bridesmaid for her cousin, and Thadd was a groomsman as he was a childhood friend of the groom. Besides not having anything to do with her parents and brothers, Tiffany and Thadd have also severed all connections with anyone in her previous life, including the couple that got them together.

The cult is not big. It consists only of Thadd, hid dad Russell, one of Thadd's sisters, and Tiffany. The mother is the only bread winner of the family. She nurses six days a week to put food on the table, but otherwise she doesn't seem to be involved in the cult itself. They have built a ten-foot high privacy fence around their house in the quiet little mountain town where they live. It looks like a fort and reeks of paranoia. They have to dink around with a padlock everytime they go in or out of their houseyard. They can have their dorky lifestyle. Give me the wide open spaces of cow country any day.

 

[JF Ranch]

I believe it is humanly impossible for a person to successfully leave loved ones in the lurch without it coming back to haunt them in some heavy, wearisome way. And the only cure is restoring contact. They can never ever be mentally free until they return and set things right. I pray that comes very soon for her.

This is a very comforting thought and I hope it is as meaningful to Soapweed's family as it is to me.

I can tell you that as Soapweed's cousin, this ordeal has had a profound effect on me. I probably would have lost my sanity or like Cal, have tried something more aggressive and wound up in jail. I was not the only one who would have gladly formed a posse to force this to a conclusion.

I am amazed at how they have managed to openly discuss this with their heads held high, while logically and lovingly keeping it all in perspective. I am confident that inside, their hearts ache terribly at times, but it is remarkable to me how they have been able to manage a normal life.

It is a testament to their strength of character and faith that they have been able to continue on so well. They are living an example that I truly admire.

 

[Soapweed]

Thank you, cuz. Those were kind words and we have greatly appreciated your support all through this ordeal. Thanks again.

 

[Hanta Yo]

She truly is gifted and it is heartbreaking how she is throwing it away. Our prayers are that someday she wakes up and sees how weird things are....only a 1 family cult....and her father-in-law walks and talks with God himself. I'll bet he thinks he is God himself. Sadly, this is emotional and not rational.

Our prayers to you. Brock wrote a wonderful piece, and is surprising since men don't like to show the "nurturing" side of them. I cannot find the right words about men and "nurturing" but I hope you understand.

You also know what we have been going through but a totally different story. We also empathize with the loss of a daughter. We just pray Tiffany will come to her senses and get out of her situation, and pick up where she left off. Our case is pretty much irreversible.

You just do what you have to do, don't dwell on what you have no control of. In other words:

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The Courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference.

God bless you and your family,

Hanta Yo

 

[Soapweed]

While looking for other posts, I came upon this letter that the Kosmo Kid wrote to his imaginary daughter. Now he has a beautiful little daughter, and a son, and another on the way. I want to bump this post back to the top, and report that "ALL IS WELL." Our daughter Tiffany came back home in October of 2008. She now lives in England, and is happily married to a fine British lad. She has two wonderful step-daughters, ages 9 and 12. The wedding was held at our ranch last August, and 18 people from England made it across the big pond to help celebrate. Tiffany is a very happy young lady, and we thank God every day for this miracle.

 

[mrj]

Soapweed and family, somehow, I missed this 'beginning of the story' but knew of a mystery abduction of sorts. That you all have suffered much.....and grown tremendously in strength and love for one another in the process is very apparent.

Hopefully, it helps all of us to follow your example and cherish and love our families the better for knowing your story. Your faith is an inspiration.

mrj

 

[Faster horses]

While looking for other posts, I came upon this letter that the Kosmo Kid wrote to his imaginary daughter. Now he has a beautiful little daughter, and a son, and another on the way. I want to bump this post back to the top, and report that "ALL IS WELL." Our daughter Tiffany came back home in October of 2008. She now lives in England, and is happily married to a fine British lad. She has two wonderful step-daughters, ages 9 and 12. The wedding was held at our ranch last August, and 18 people from England made it across the big pond to help celebrate. Tiffany is a very happy young lady, and we thank God every day for this miracle.

It truly was a miracle. You and your family are an inspiration and a fine example, for you never lost faith.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

So great Tiffany returned, prays answered.

Interesting reading posts from past members, some I think I had forgot.