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Santa &  Xmas Tree - 12:21:02

“Santa and Christmas Tree” (Christmas 2002)

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Dear Lili,

I wish I could still send you presents at Christmas time, or better yet, give them to you in person. But until that time comes again I will give you whatever gifts I am able to give you via this, your website. 

I hope you enjoy these drawings and crafts that you made when you were a little kid. I spent weeks and weeks scanning and uploading them one by one hoping you’d enjoy them. I’ve tried to put them more or less in order from the early to the later ones, but I don’t think I did a very good job. I guess that doesn’t really matter, though. Some of them have names that you gave them or that I knew were right. In any case, they are all yours, and I thought you should have them.

If you click on them you can blow them up and download them on your computer.

Merry Christmas, Sweetheart.

Until we meet again,

I love you always and forever,

Daddy 🙂 xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Lili1

“Lili 1”

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“Mama, Daddy, and Baby” (11/17/02) 

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“Happy Lili” (11/28/02)

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“Angel Flower” (11/16/02)

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“Lili Fairy” (12/19/02)

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“For You” (12/21/02)

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“Santa and Christmas Tree” (12/21/02)

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Princess Liliana” (7/13/03)

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(I’ll keep them safe for you for when you want them.)

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I miss you most at Christmas Time

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Lili’s Wall decorated for Christmas

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Merry Christmas, Bubby!

Love always, Your Daddy 🙂 XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

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Always in my heart

December 16, 2012

Dear Lili,

I say all the time “You are always in my heart.” You always were, and always will be. Just wanted you to know.

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Love always,

Daddy 🙂

Always Your Dad

Dear Lili, 

Just something I found that made me think of you. This is how I feel, and have always felt about you. I hope someday you come to realize that on your own.

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Love and XXXXXXXXXX

Daddy 🙂

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The latest by Colin Jones. Japan again fails to live up to tis promises, and remains a pariah in the international community for that failure.

— Tony

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THE ZEIT GIST

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It’s past midnight but child-abduction treaty promise is not yet a pumpkin

By COLIN P. A. JONES

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Despite much promise and a flurry of activity, it didn’t happen: Japan failed to ratify the Hague Convention on international child abduction and pass the extensive piece of accompanying domestic legislation the government felt was necessary in order for it to do so. Both items on the Diet agenda were left up in the air when it closed for business on Sept. 8, with an election for the House of Representatives expected to be held before the end of the year.

This is a most unfortunate result, particularly for the children of feuding international marriages who will continue to face the risk of being spirited to abduction-friendly Japan by one of their parents. For those who have already lost children to Japan this way and the foreign diplomats and others who have been calling on Japan to ratify the treaty for years, the Diet’s failure may seem like more of the same: yet another excuse to be thrown up by a government that has no intention of signing a widely adopted international convention.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120918a1.html

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Why Daddies Exist

Dear Lili,

I saw this and it made me think of you.

I hope you’re doing well.

Missing you every day.

Love always,

Dad xoxoxoxox

Dear Lili,

I came across this on Facebook and I thought this is exactly how I feel.

Hope you’re doing well.

You are always in my heart.

Love always,

Your Dad XOXOXOXOXOXOX

Dear Lili,

This is why, after she and I split up. I never said anything bad to you about your mother.

Love,

Your Dad

http://www.jmichaelbone.com/what-is-pa–pas.html

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Dear Lili,

I’m thinking about you as I always do, but even more so on this day. I was just thinking about how, fourteen years ago, I saw your little face for the first time, and how I understood at that moment what true love really was. You filled my heart with joy, and I wouldn’t change a moment of my life if it meant not knowing you and being your Dad.

I wish I could give you presents and such on this day, but, well, my gifts are no longer being accepted in your household. So I continue with this blog in the hopes that someday you will Google your birth name and see for yourself who I really am, and make your own judgments about your father. These posts are like messages in a bottle that I hope someday you will find on the shore of your new hometown.

Until then know that your Dad loves you with all his heart, and that you are ever a part of my life. Don’t ever feel reluctant in any way to contact me if and whenever you get the notion. I will always be here for you.

Happy 14th Birthday, Bubby!

Love always,

Your Dad XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

P.S. Here are some pictures of your 5th birthday weekend that I thought you’d enjoy. Remember your little friend Kenta?

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Dear Lili,

I missed you again yesterday on Children’s Day. Someday I hope you will come to realize who your father really is and how much he loves you, and always has. When we were separated, a big piece of my heart was torn out. I will continue to hope that you remember the happy times we shared together and that one day you will come knocking at my door. Until then

You are always in my heart.

Love always,

Your Dad XOXOXOX

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Expectations low as Hague signing approaches

Treaty seen by many as mere window dressing in hunt for international community’s approval

Several months ago I made a bet with a friend about how the Hague Convention on international child abduction will be applied after Japan finishes implementing it through domestic legislation. My bet was this: If a Japanese court ever does order the return of a child wrongfully brought or retained here, the first case will be one in which both parents are non-Japanese. Needless to say, I hope to lose.

Read full article here:

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120221zg.html

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