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'You can't get that time back': Mother strives to rebuild relationships with her children following abduction

Emily Cablek's children were abducted by their father for four years. Today, she's still coming to grips with what happened and trying to rebuild her relationships with her kids.

Emily Cablek's children were abducted by their father for four years

Abby Maryk, left, and Dominic Maryk, right, seen in this photo released in 2012 after being reunited with their mother, Emily Cablek. (Submitted by Emily Cablek)

This story was originally published on October 18, 2019.

Emily Cablek's children were abducted by their father for four years. 

Today, she's still coming to grips with what happened and trying to rebuild her relationships with her kids.

As Cablek tells Out in the Open host Piya Chattopadhyay, part of reconnecting with her children means respecting that neither she nor they can fully understand how the trauma of abduction uniquely altered the course of their lives.


This story appears in the Out in the Open episode "Together Again".