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Elan School / Elan (corporation/school)
« on: April 21, 2003, 03:29:00 PM »
Ryan, I read your posting. I survived Elan...oh some 23 years ago. Elan...what right to Joe R. have? I escaped from Elan (only one of the few successful escapes) and I still in one form or another live with the trauma that it burned on my soul. It will be (unfortunately) a part of me for the rest of my life. But in reading your angry post (I don't really blame you at all for being angry and only find this makes you "normal") I realized that you are the same age as my son, Raymond. Even though you are only 18 right now, I can tell you that because of how aweful Elan was (amongst other incidents in my life) my son gained from all of my suffering because I vowed to not be, not give, not subject my own children to anything I was. So, in a very twisted way, (VERY TWISTED) something good actually came out of Elan. You have absolutely no idea how hard it is for me to admit that anything in regards to Elan would be good. Actually, it is because of how awful/evil Elan was that any good came from it. It is because I am the opposite in every way of everything Elan stands for. I wish you the best..and hope that you have a great life because remember Ryan.....You survived probably one of the worst experiences in your life. It can only get better now. That is how it is for me. Elan was so incredibly psychologically damaging to me, to my very core, that now as an adult anything bad that can happen pales in comparison to the hell I had to live through at Elan.
Lisa
Lisa