any number of individuals will tell you that i am most, loving, caring, peaceful person that helps others daily and my own children at the top of the list. i hope some one read this editorial and comes to know more about the real me and not the one misportrayed and demonized by the taos media. i hope some one takes the time to think how this ordeal is affecting myself and most importantly my children. they do not deserve this. neither do i. i hope the city of taos chooses to be fair in judgment of this situation and that a light be shed on the true injustices of the horrifying nightmare. finally a word of peace to the officers and other officials involved. it is my prayer that your families never be made to endure that which mine has as a result of this terrible situation. may you never be put in a position to protect your children from your own kind. oriana farrel. joy read will join me next to discuss what we have just learned.