Sarah Wade Missing from Family Ranch

Sounds like she might have met someone on the internet. And with not having a lot of outside world experience might have been foolish enough to go with them. Sad. I hope she's okay. I hadn't heard this story until now.

You should have your facts straight before you assume or judge. Sarah lives on a beautiful “Horse Ranch” with a wonderful, loving family. She has been afforded a lifestyle that many children can only dream of. Her parents invest their time and talents “Home Schooling” her to insure she has the best education possible. Sarah and her family are very involved with their Church and Sarah attends youth group, where she is surrounded by children her own age. The Wade’s are honest, hardworking people of impeccable integrity and the love of Christ. They are committed to their children and have gone above and beyond to make sure they have the best childhood possible. It saddens me that you could misrepresent Sarah’s family life this way. We should all be praying and/or sending positive thoughts to the Wade’s during this devastating time and for the safe return of little Sarah.

I'm sure they're super awesome amazing great people.

Let's wait for more details in the case ;)

Thanks for commenting.


(p.s. atheists don't pray)

p.s- that's why I asked folks to send "positive thoughts"

@Ms. Hoffman: I find your so -called profile to be an example of something only a person so wrapped up in their own personal opinion that they have become closed minded and therefore ignorant of anything else could have written. Your comment "compound-like existence" is the first example. Simply because you read that she lives on a ranch and spends most if her time at said ranch and she is unfamiliar with her surroundings. This may be California but I should not have to explain that this state in not full of metro cities and beaches. The central valley is full of small acreages that have roads between them, irrigation canals, orchards and more importantly: private property. What does this mean? It means that we don't just go joy riding or walking through other peoples property. We don't live far from town but we have to drive there. There are no sidewalks or street lights in these rural areas yet these rural areas are literaly a few minutes from town. By town I don't mean a post office and gas station, I mean department stores, restaurants, a UC (University of California), and pretty much anything a person needs. The very next thing you write about is this so called "normal life." I would prefer a more qualitative term as normal is very subjective. What is normal? What is your definition of normal? Did you have a "normal life" at 14 and if so I wonder if it was anything like the "normal life" I think I had at 14. For example, one of the pictures of Sarah is depicting her, her friends, and her parents with Selena Gomez after a concert. I think Selena Gomez is a very mainstream artist that any "normal" 14 year old girl would be excited to see. Sarah wears "mainstream" clothes in her pictures showing that her parents allow her to dress in "normal" attire that fits her personality. Guess what- a bunch of kids living normal lives run away all the time because they think they are going to get something better or they want to be rebels or they get mad because their parents didn't buy them something. There are so many pictures of Sarah with family and friends that this whole lack of socialization stigma you are implying in you article is just a joke. Is this because maybe her parents go with her when she goes out? She is a minor! Maybe they don't drop her off at the mall all day with people but what is wrong with that? Again she is a minor, so shouldn't she and her friends have adult supervision? Oh but maybe one of her friends has a boyfriend who is 18 and therefore an adult who can watch them when he isn't too busy breaking the law dating a minor... maybe that is an exageration but I think that this situation is what most people think a "normal" teenage life is like. So her parents keep her on a farm. A nice farm! They board horses and give riding lessons. They open their ranch to kids who would not normally have an opportunity to experience animals and nature and good people. They expose their children to a lifestyle where you work hard and run your own business. They are living the American Dream. Work hard and do something you love and its your living. It may not be a glamorous lifestyle, but its a good way to live. The fact that she is home schooled has nothing to do with the fact that she is missing. Maybe this fits in better with her learning needs? Not all home schooled individuals are shallow waifs who are sheltered from the outside world like they are depicted in the media. Most realistically are well adjusted well educated successful individuals. Again it really does not seem as though this young lady is too sheltered since she not only has access to the internet but is shown at Disneyland in one picture. In closing, I am appaled that I had to spend time writing this response to an so called objective member of the main stream media. Because any person who publishes their opinion on a public place such as this is contributing to the media and public opinion. Sadly all you have accomplished is putting doubt in people's minds about the circumstances and taken focus away from the most important thing: finding Sarah, and bringing her home safely. While her parents and family are worried sick, suffering and wondering what has happened, you are gleaning bits and pieces of this story from information published online which as of yesterday was grossly incorrect and had to be corrected even though the local news station was reluctant to do so. While Sarah's family has been working in their community and actually being good contributing members of society, you have been sitting at a computer doing who knows what and writting who knows how many articles like this with your inflated opinion oozing out of every punctuation mark. Let us look at the facts: a child is missing, she is no less or more important than any other missing child, she needs to be found, and the focus needs to be on bringing her home. Please use your reach to spread the word to bring her home, not to use it as a vehicle to push your personal beliefs and convictions.

please format your comments for "net reading" if you want me to read them.

Breaks in paragraphs, etc etc etc.

I took one look at this and got an instant headache lol.

Sorry.

@Ms. Hoffman: I find your so -called profile to be an example of something only a person so wrapped up in their own personal opinion that they have become closed minded and therefore ignorant of anything else could have written.

Your comment "compound-like existence" is the first example. Simply because you read that she lives on a ranch and spends most if her time at said ranch and she is unfamiliar with her surroundings. This may be California but I should not have to explain that this state in not full of metro cities and beaches. The central valley is full of small acreages that have roads between them, irrigation canals, orchards and more importantly: private property. What does this mean? It means that we don't just go joy riding or walking through other peoples property. We don't live far from town but we have to drive there. There are no sidewalks or street lights in these rural areas yet these rural areas are literaly a few minutes from town. By town I don't mean a post office and gas station, I mean department stores, restaurants, a UC (University of California), and pretty much anything a person needs.

The very next thing you write about is this so called "normal life." I would prefer a more qualitative term as normal is very subjective. What is normal? What is your definition of normal? Did you have a "normal life" at 14 and if so I wonder if it was anything like the "normal life" I think I had at 14. For example, one of the pictures of Sarah is depicting her, her friends, and her parents with Selena Gomez after a concert. I think Selena Gomez is a very mainstream artist that any "normal" 14 year old girl would be excited to see. Sarah wears "mainstream" clothes in her pictures showing that her parents allow her to dress in "normal" attire that fits her personality. Guess what- a bunch of kids living normal lives run away all the time because they think they are going to get something better or they want to be rebels or they get mad because their parents didn't buy them something.

There are so many pictures of Sarah with family and friends that this whole lack of socialization stigma you are implying in you article is just a joke. Is this because maybe her parents go with her when she goes out? She is a minor! Maybe they don't drop her off at the mall all day with people but what is wrong with that? Again she is a minor, so shouldn't she and her friends have adult supervision? Oh but maybe one of her friends has a boyfriend who is 18 and therefore an adult who can watch them when he isn't too busy breaking the law dating a minor... maybe that is an exageration but I think that this situation is what most people think a "normal" teenage life is like.

So her parents keep her on a farm. A nice farm! They board horses and give riding lessons. They open their ranch to kids who would not normally have an opportunity to experience animals and nature and good people. They expose their children to a lifestyle where you work hard and run your own business. They are living the American Dream. Work hard and do something you love and its your living. It may not be a glamorous lifestyle, but its a good way to live.

The fact that she is home schooled has nothing to do with the fact that she is missing. Maybe this fits in better with her learning needs? Not all home schooled individuals are shallow waifs who are sheltered from the outside world like they are depicted in the media. Most realistically are well adjusted well educated successful individuals. Again it really does not seem as though this young lady is too sheltered since she not only has access to the internet but is shown at Disneyland in one picture.

In closing, I am disgusted that I had to spend time writing this response to an so called objective member of the main stream media. Because any person who publishes their opinion on a public place such as this is contributing to the media and public opinion. Sadly all you have accomplished is putting doubt in people's minds about the circumstances and taken focus away from the most important thing: finding Sarah, and bringing her home safely. While her parents and family are worried sick, suffering and wondering what has happened, you are gleaning bits and pieces of this story from information published online which as of yesterday was grossly incorrect and had to be corrected even though the local news station was reluctant to do so. While Sarah's family has been working in their community and actually being good contributing members of society, you have been sitting at a computer doing who knows what and writting who knows how many articles like this with your inflated opinion oozing out of every punctuation mark.

Let us look at the facts: a child is missing, she is no less or more important than any other missing child, she needs to be found, and the focus needs to be on bringing her home. Please use your reach to spread the word to bring her home, not to use it as a vehicle to push your personal beliefs and convictions.

Posted and all written on my smart phone for your reading convenience.

I am entitled to my opinions, analysis and commentary.


I will also continue to write about the child until she is found or justice is served. It's what I do.

Otherwise, don't know what to tell ya.

Sad story I hope she is okay. I hope her life being home school had armed her in protecting herself. Thanx for the info.

Always sad to hear these stories. This young girl will be in my prayers.