Every day before she goes to work and every night when she goes to sleep, Stephanie Quintana-Leguisano reads the letter her mother gave her before she disappeared.
I love you, princess. Never lose your smile. Always remember that I will be by your side, always. Be you, never try to be someone that is not you. You are unique. Love, mom. Always.
Quintana-Leguisano said the letter is an inspiration and a reminder to never give up on finding her mother, who has been missing in Mexico since Aug. 9 in what Iowa’s U.S. senators have called a kidnapping for ransom. Chris Leguisano, a Des Moines resident, delivered a pickup truck to a family member that day in Reynosa, a northern border city in Tamaulipas, Mexico — where Americans frequently have been kidnapped…