Deborah Elizabeth was a precarious little girl who retreated to her hiding places where she found not only safety from abuse, but a place where her imaginations took her into her own world of happiness.

Her bicycle capers on Tybee Island took her to her favorite hiding places within the sand dunes where she became a Pirate Princess unnoticed within the sea oats, building forts and spying on unsuspected passerby's who strolled the shores. Her nocturnal senses became alive especially when the moon provided an eerie passageway for her to explore the island without being hindered by authoritative figures.