My bride of 27+ years was viciously kidnapped in April of 2007 and is still being held hostage. No amount of ransom will satisfy the kidnapper. The abductor is content with nothing less than having 100% of her strictly for narcissistic gain. Irene has been forced to go where no human being should ever have to go. Trailing the kidnapper has been confounding because most of the circuitous route has been very covert. There have been many bizarre tangents along the way as they have dangerously trekked up the insurmountable Mount Everest. The abductor is a formidable, daunting and treacherous predator.

This abduction has been a dreadful disruption. There was no advance warning; Irene was unsuspecting and ill prepared. She didn’t have cold weather clothing or any of the appropriate equipment needed to trek up the mountain. As to why Irene was chosen as the hostage is still unknown.

The most significant challenge to this surreal experience is this …. that the kidnapper is not of human means or of ruthless imagination …. but rather that of an incurable and terminal disease named Primary Amyloidosis.