Kidnapping survivor and activist Elizabeth Smart enjoyed some fun in the sun on a family vacation in Palm Springs, California, this week.
Smart, 36, shared snippets of her vacation on social media, appearing poolside in a variety of swimsuits in between swims with her kids, board game sessions, and family dinners.
Last month, the married mother of three celebrated the 21st anniversary of her rescue after being kidnapped at knifepoint from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 at the age of 14.
She spent nine grueling months drugged, starved and raped at the hands of religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell and his wife Wanda Barzee.
“Pool time is like the best time,” she wrote on her Instagram Story, with her goggle-happy daughters on her lap.
In other photos, Smart poses with her staff at a Mexican restaurant, smiles next to a completed Star Wars puzzle and snuggles up to her husband, musician Matthew Gilmore. Daily Mail reported.
She posed in beachwear, including a fashionable black cover-up, oversized sunglasses, and a sexy black bikini, linking her 245,000 followers to her spring break essentials.
In another photo, she threw her head back and floated in a matching turquoise suit in calm water.
The trip, which included her father and her husband, was a well-deserved vacation for the activist, film producer, author and television commentator.
Smart has become an outspoken advocate for abducted children and sexual assault victims. Elizabeth Smart Foundation She also launched Smart Defense, a program that teaches women skills to protect themselves.
Last month she celebrated the passage of the bill She helped advocate for child sexual abuse prevention in Utah.
Smart is currently producing a Lifetime movie about Tanya Kutch, who was kidnapped in 1995 and held captive for 10 years by a middle school security guard. People magazine reported.
“My life is far from perfect, but I’m very happy and grateful for where it is,” Smart wrote on her blog. A Facebook post about the anniversary of her rescue.
“When I was kidnapped, I thought I would never finish school, go to college, fall in love, get married, or have a family,” Smart continued. . “I thought all the dreams I had for myself were stolen. For me, today is a day to celebrate all the happy moments in life and a day to remind me to never give up.”
Mr. Smart was found on March 12, 2003, about 22 miles from his home.
Mitchell was sentenced in 2011 and is serving two terms of a life sentence. Barzee was released from prison in 2018 despite petitions to remain locked up.
