One trauma after another, Harlow, his siblings and his mother, Heather Hofstrand, have found strength through faith in family. The more things we went through as a family, the more I was forced to look at past traumas, and find forgiveness to make room for the next trauma,” Hofstrand said. This kind of thing really didn’t happen then," Hofstrand said. Heather Hofstrand speaks about the abuse her son, Michael Harlow, suffered while in the care of a babysitter 25 years ago. He suffered permanent injuries from the abuse, while the babysitter was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.