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\"MichelleWhen\u00a021-year-old Michelle Knight was abducted by Ariel Castro in 2002, she was already a mother searching to bring her 2-year-old son back from foster care. “I love life,” Knight wrote<\/a> in a journal during her captivity. “My son is the most precious to me. I will give up anything to be with my son at home where I belong.”<\/p>\n

Trapped within\u00a0Castro’s hidden sadistic residence for the next 11 years – the greatest length of time experienced by Castro’s victims – Knight endured psychological and physical torture, often in chains. She became pregnant by Castro’s raping five times, and lost each baby to assault-induced abortion.<\/p>\n

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Knight, who has since changed her name to Lillian Rose Lee and authored a memoir on her process of healing, has tattooed on her left arm five blood-dripped roses<\/a> in memory of the painful loss of her children.<\/p>\n

Tattooed across her chest is a picture of a baby with the words “TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR EARTH,” which is reminiscent of how martyrs are described in Hebrews 11:38.\u00a0Knight embraces her unborn children instead of viewing\u00a0them as discardable byproducts of an evil situation.<\/p>\n

It is a strong woman\u00a0who can withstand so much abuse and even in the depths of it profess love for life.<\/p>\n

Photo credit: Dustin Franz for Newsweek<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When\u00a021-year-old Michelle Knight was abducted by Ariel Castro in 2002, she was already a mother searching to bring her 2-year-old son back from foster care. “I love life,” Knight wrote in a journal during her captivity. “My son is the most precious to me. I will give up anything to be with my son at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5102,1743,5101,1746,299],"yoast_head":"\nCleveland kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight memorializes her lost unborn babies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is a strong woman who can withstand so much abuse and even in the depths of it profess love for life. 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