K.F.
Hi- I too cried reading your post. Your poor baby, I think about my two girls and how emotionally devastating something like this would be. The fact that the creep was never caught has got to be a source of deep fear. We had a traumatice incident a few years ago involving someone shooting into our home. It was really frightening and what I noticed was that the older the person the more deeply we were effected. My littlest was fine and didn't really understand what happened, my older girl (7 at the time) we took to counseling but she seemed fine after a few sessions. I on the other hand I still jump at every loud sound and it brings back the moment. When my oldest daughter and I speak about it now she is so much more scared about what happened then she was right after. I think your daughter may just be mature enough now to understand the severity of what happened. At 6 she just knew someone hurt her and tried to take her, at 9 she is probably aware of the horrors that would have happened to her if the monster had succeeded. That's alot to think about, especially at night in her room. If she were my daughter I would get her back into counseling and let her sleep in my room for a while. I would take this very seriously as I said I am a very strong woman, went through something far less traumatic than your daughter and was surprised at how deeply it effected me and for how long. We live in a very safe place and I NEVER thought about someone shooting me before. Now it pops into my head whenever there is a loud sound or even for no apparant reason. Do whatever it takes to help her feel safe so this incident and that man do not take anything else from your sweet girl.