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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You will always be my extra special Valentine!
And you will always, always be in my heart!
Love,
Daddy XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
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Divorce and Child Custody Issues in the Japanese Legal System
Colin P.A. Jones
Professor, Doshisha University Law School
Professor Colin P.A. Jones
(Photo by Shinchosha)
Introduction
Japan has developed a growing reputation as a haven for international parental child abduction. Major media outlets in the United States and other countries have brought attention to a number of recent cases of children being unilaterally removed by a Japanese parent from the United States before or after divorce, often in violation of American law and court orders.
Attempts to achieve the return of children taken to Japan through the Japanese legal system tend to be unsuccessful. As a result, some children who were born and raised in the United States have lost all contact with an American parent and other relatives, American friends, and the American part of their heritage as a consequence. The apparent lack of legal remedies for abduction in Japan is due to a number of factors that are discussed in more detail below.
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http://amview.japan.usembassy.gov/e/amview-e20120201-02.html
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“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.”
— Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding (Morgan Freeman), from The Shawshank Redemption
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Love cannot be measured until the hour of parting.”
— Kwai Chang Caine
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