Parents Corner

Judge for Yourself

The government of Japan is gearing up to create domestic legislation in preparation for joining the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. They have said it will be addressed in the next full session of the Diet in the new year. Currently, as many of you are aware, reports indicate that the government of Japan is intending to create loopholes in this legislation which ensure that very few if any children will be required to be returned under the Convention. In order to prevent this, there has been proposed legislation created by left behind parent groups here in Japan which is presently being used to lobby Diet members on the behalf of LBP’s.

There are two plans which are being used currently. One plan, very political in nature, is not strongly worded and in this writer’s opinion, does not have a very strong enforcement component in it. The second plan, written by a former Judge in the Japanese legal system, is very strongly worded and calls for a law similar to California’s current family law system post separation and divorce. The enforcement component seems stronger. Please read the two plans below and as the title of this article indicates, judge for yourself.
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PLAN 1 – writer unknown

A Letter to Request the Creation of Laws to Prohibit the Kidnapping of Children and the Legal Requirement to Create a Cooperative Plan to Raise Children in the Event of Divorce or Separation

February 4, 2011
National Association for the Establishment of Laws to
Prevent Separation of Parents and Children

The problem of child kidnapping and separation is a problem that causes physical and mental instability to the point of threatening the life of the child and separated parent as well as the parent who separates the child, and intimately affects the growth of the children who will be responsible for the society of the future, so we believe the state should consider it as a problem that needs to be solved at the highest priority.

We request to all Diet members to fully understand the current situation, and cross party and factional borders to submit and pass the “Law to Stop the Interruption of Parent-Child Interaction (tentative name)” within this regular Diet session.

1. Principle
-It is stipulated that relations between spouses and those of parents and children are separate, and even during times of living separately or after divorce, maintaining frequent and continued interaction between parents and children is seen as “the most beneficial for the child”, and the interruption of parent-child relations is contrary to the “welfare of the child”.

2. Carrying Out Cooperative Child Raising
-That during period of separation or after divorce, in order to ensure that the parent living separately is able to participate in the raising and education of the child in conjunction with the parent living with the child, the necessary steps will be taken to ensure that the separated is able to have the necessary access to the child (2 nights, 3 days every other week, longer stays during long vacations, etc, to allow for over 100 days, such as is the standard in the West.)
-That the parties included in this interaction shall include grandparents.

3. The Decision of a Mutual Plan for Child Raising
-That separation and divorce cause a much shock and uneasiness to children, and that in order to support children both materially and mentally and reduce the impact as much as possible, the creation of a “Mutual Plan for Child Raising” to define support payments and interaction times shall be made mandatory.
-In the Mutual Plan for Child Raising, in addition to defining support payments and interaction times, it will also be made clear that the separated parent must be consulted and agree to important issues related to the child (schooling, employment, etc) .

4. The Prohibition of Kidnapping
-“Leaving with a Child” the taking of a child without both parents’ consent shall be prohibited.
-In the case that one parent takes a child without permission, the child will be returned to the original residence while taking into account any domestic violence or abuse, and arrangements will be made for the two parents to discuss the raising of the child as soon as possible.

5. Principle for the Decision of Primary Guardian
-As the provision of as much contact with both parents as possible is desirable, the primary guardian and custodianship will be given not necessarily to the parent currently in custody, but in principle will be decided with the following guidelines:
1. The parent who kidnapped or separated with the child shall lose custody. (loss of custody).
2. Priority to the more accommodating parent (The parent who agrees to the most frequent visitations with the other).
3. Equality between the sexes.
4. The parent (loss of custody) who has applied for restraining orders to keep the opposing parent away from their children based on false accusation of domestic violence (DV) shall lose custody of the child.

6. The Provision of Parenting Programs
-That programs of study will be created to educate that it is beneficial to create an environment following divorce in which a child can have contact with both parents.
-That it will be prohibited to refuse the attendance of the separated parent at the child’s school events, and that the parent will be able to receive recordings of such events.

7. The Restoration of Participation of the Non-Custodial Parent in Mutual Child Raising
-That it be made possible to restore participation in mutual child raising to the parent who has lost custodial rights (does not have them), in line with the Mutual Plan for Child Raising. Based on this, taking into consideration past events, such as attempts by the custodial parent to leave with the child, it shall be possible to make changes to guardianship and custodial right.
-That counseling and other steps be provided to parents and children who separated for a long duration.

8. Collateral for Effectiveness
-By setting fines and the provision for changes in guardianship and custody, there will be collateral provided to ensure that the above process will be properly followed.

9. Directions to the Government in Relation to Mutual Custody Programs, etc.
-That the government will be directed to create a program for both parents to retain custody (Mutual Custody Program) for a set period of time, based on the fact that it is a problem that under the current programs, one parent is deprived of custody regardless of whether there has been any reason to forfeit custody.

PLAN 2 – Written by former Judge Masanori Watanabe

Parental Authority Law (private scheme)

Because of Japan’s old institution of giving a single parent sole authority of his (her) children after divorce, and given the growing rate of divorces, an enormous amount of suffering is being inflicted on the other parent when he (she) is forced to be completely separated from his (her) own children, notwithstanding depriving a great number of children of their good growing environment to become respectable adults. Therefore we have decided to bring forward this law to prevent these sad cases from happening following divorce or separation of parents of children, and to ensure a healthy environment for children to grow up, in which they can keep enough contact with their parents, together with removing as much difficulty and sadness caused by divorce as possible from children.

Article 1 (Those who hold parental authority in case of divorce or recognition)

① The parental authority of his (her) child should be carried out by both of their parents after their divorce under agreement.

② In the preceding item, parents should nominate one of them as custodial parent (called「custody parent」 in the following sentences). The other parent (called 「non-custody parent」 in the following sentences) carries out his (her) parental authority in ways other than the custody parent in cooperation with the custody parent.
③ Their child(ren) follows the direction and provided by the custody parent. The custody parent should allow the non-custody parent enough time to meet his (her) own child in a year, not accepting, if he(she) wants, any observation by the custody parent. The amount of time to meet his (her) own child should be more than 150 days including lodging with his (her) child more than 70 days per year, and more than 6 hours per day excluding the night time of 11PM to 7AM.

④ If one parent takes away his (her) child without permission of the other parent, he (she) should be deprived of whole parental authority and any parental qualification permanently thereafter.

⑤ As for the taking away of a child in the preceding item, the taking parent cannot bring forward such an excuse as domestic violence (called DV in the following sentences). If he (she) takes away his (her) child on account of false claim of DV, he (she) should lose any parental authority and any parental qualification permanently thereafter. Only if he (she) gets judicial order of protection from violent partner from a court in the process of divorce, he (she) should be considered as one who took away his (her) child on account of DV. Therefore if DV is proved by clear and objective proofs, this rule will not be applied.

⑥ When parents make divorce before the birth of a child, the parental authority should be carried out by both parents. In this case they can nominate one parent as a single parental authority holder under their agreement after the birth of the child.

⑦ When a father admits the child as his own child after the child’s birth, the parental authority of the child should be carried out by both parents. In this case, the latter sentence of the preceding item should be applied.

⑧ If the agreement of the second item as for the nomination of the custody parent or the third item as for the schedule of meeting his (her) child cannot be accomplished, each parent can request family court to rule on a decision. The family court should decide on custody according to the grade of sincerity for the custody and the mind of the child as far as possible. And the court is forbidden to take DV reason for the account of the decision, unless there are clear and objective proofs.

⑨ If the environment of the child needs change of the custody parent, a family court can change the custody parent to the other one for the benefit of the child, by the offer of the relatives of the child. In this case the family court should decide according to the grade of sincerity for the custody and the mind of the child as far as possible. And the court is forbidden to take DV reason for the account of the decision, unless there are clear and objective proofs.
If the custody parent prevents the non-custody parent from meeting his (her) child as stated in the third item without any acceptable reason several times, the measure which should be taken is the same as that of the preceding sentence. In this case the change of the custody parent should be allowed as a rule as long as there is no justifying reason. In this case custody parent or court is forbidden to take DV reason for the account of the decision.

Article 2 (The order of the court to bring back his (her) child over to custody parent)

① The parent who takes his(her) child without agreement should bring the child back over to custody parent as soon as possible.

② If the parent who should do the duty does not carry out the duty within a due period within two months, he (she) should be treated as a perpetrator of the abduction of his (her) child.

③ A parent whose child has been taken away by the other parent without agreement can request the family court which falls under the judicial territory according to the living place of the child or of the custody parent to announce the order of bringing the child back over to the custody parent. The measure of carrying out this order includes direct compulsion which is allowed when any means have been done and the procedure will be conducted by an execution officer, as well as indirect one. The execution officer can ask police to support the action of the family court. And the court is forbidden to take DV reason for the account of the decision to announce this order.

Article 3 (Prohibition on concealing information of children from a parental authority holder)

① Any concealment of information about children from a parental authority holder is prohibited.

② Anyone who has moved children without permission of a parental authority holder, or who has concealed information about children from a parental authority holder, should be liable to imprisonment at hard labor for less than ten years.

③ The police are obliged to give information to a parental authority holder about the whereabouts of his (her) children after confirming their whereabouts when the parental authority holder requests.

Article 4 (Bringing back prior abducted child(ren))

① One who already abducted his (her) child without any permission of the other parent
before this law has come into effect should lose all qualification of parental authority and of custody parent status permanently thereafter.

② Any adoptions taken before this law has come into effect should be announced invalid. However, both parents can newly agree to have their child adopted as before. However, in this case, they should consider the mind of the child primarily for the solution of the problem.

③ The fifth item of article 1, the article 2, and the article 3 are similarly applied in this article ４.

Article 5 (Similar application) This law should be similarly applied to cases of divorce from annulment of marriage and sentence divorce by court decision.

Article 6 (Amendments of the civil law and so on)

① Article 819 of the civil law should be made invalid.

② In articles 820 and 821 of the civil law, stated “one who carries out parental authority” should be taken as “custody parent”.

Article 7 (Application dating back to the past) This law should be applied dating back up to the day preceding January first, 1989. Furthermore, the enforcement date of this law referred to in article 4 means the real date, and this article 7 and the article 4 should be applied both in harmony.

February 8th, 2011
former judge Masanori Watanabe

by Bruce R. Gherbetti

father of Rion, Lauren and Julia (abducted to Japan Sept. 2009)

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Love e-mail from Rion

from http://4rionandlaurenandjulia.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/love-e-mail-from-rion/

This was sent to me by my daughter Rion (via her mother) when Rion was 5 years old. Every summer from 2005-2009, Taiko and the girls would go to Japan for 5 weeks to visit their Japanese family while I remained home working. These summer visits were hard for me because I missed my daughters so much when they were gone, but I felt it was important that they know their Japanese heritage and visit with their Japanese family. I would speak to them every day while they were away. Sometimes I would receive e-mails like this one:

Sent Sunday June 1st, 2008 at 10:00:49
“Thank you for your hug and kiss,Daddy.
I miss you and love you too.
We are having a great time here with our Japanese family.
They are so nice to us and play with us.
Dad, Rion loves you dada,you know ?
love, Rion.”

It is truly a pity that their mother does not share in the thought that it is very important for our children to know ALL of their family, Japanese and Canadian. I always thought that they should. I still do.

I love you Rion, Lauren and Julia. I will see you again very soon.

Bruce R. Gherbetti
father of Rion, Lauren and Julia (abducted to Japan, Sept. 2009)

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A Grandmother’s Love

By Paul Toland

Eileen Toland

“Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.”  ~Author Unknown

A few days ago, I watched the film “From the Shadows” about the human rights tragedy of International Parental Child Abduction to  Japan.  The scene that struck me hardest was watching Kaya Wong’s paternal grandmother attempt to visit Kaya on her way home from school and bring her some presents including a stuffed Panda bear.  Kaya’s mother Akemi died from cancer in 2005  and soon after she was abducted by her maternal grandparents, Satoru and Sumiki Yokoyama.  Kaya’s father, Paul Wong, has had no access to Kaya since the abduction.  Likewise, Kaya’s paternal grandparents have also had no access to her.

Mrs. Wong approached Kaya on the street while Kaya was walking with Mrs. Yokoyama.  Mrs. Wong wanted nothing more than a few minutes with Kaya to give her a bag of presents.  As Mrs. Wong tried to engage Kaya in conversation, Mrs. Yokoyama repeatedly said she was “going to call the police” and that Mrs. Wong was “not supposed to be here.”  Kaya took the presents and asked about her father, saying “I want to see papa.”  It was a heart wrenching scene.  One grandmother simply wanted to love her granddaughter, bring her some presents and spend some precious time with her.  The other grandmother was heartless, treating her grandchild like a piece of property, and threatening to call the police.  I thought to myself, “What gives Mrs. Yokoyama such a sense of entitlement?  Why does she feel so superior as if she is the only relevant grandmother and Mrs. Wong is insignificant?  How can someone possibly be so selfish and cruel? How can such evil exist in the world? And, what about this young innocent child who wanted nothing more but to see her only surviving parent?”

I, too, have encountered this same dilemma.  Like Paul Wong, my wife Etsuko died in 2007, leaving me as the only living parent to my daughter Erika. Erika is held in Japan by her maternal grandmother, who feels a similar sense of entitlement to my daughter.  The story of my ongoing legal struggles with Erika’s grandmother, Akiko Futagi, are well documented, however, I have never told the story of a loving grandmother who longs for the day she can meet Erika, my mother Eileen Toland.

Eileen Toland was born and raised in Ireland, and immigrated to the United States as a young woman.  She married my father, Peter, also an Irish immigrant, 56 years ago, and together they lived the American dream and raised a family of four children in America.  Eileen has nine grandchildren, and Erika, the grandchild she has never met, is the youngest.  Approximately 8 years ago, mom was diagnosed with dementia.  Since that time her memory and ability to perform even the simplest tasks has faded.  However, the one thing that never faded was her longing to meet her granddaughter Erika.  After Etsuko’s death in 2007, I obtained a recent photo of Erika and gave it to my mom.  She placed the photo on the mirror, and whenever I visited her, she would point the picture and tell me in broken sentences how much she wished she could finally meet her granddaughter.  I told her “soon mom, soon you will get to see her, I promise.”

Then came the accident of 2009.  My mother fell and broke her femur, placing her in intensive care in the hospital. The accident sent her dementia to new depths.  She did not know or recognize me or any family members.  She lay in the hospital bed sewing with an imaginary needle and thread, oblivious to her surroundings.  I brought pictures into her hospital room, including photos of her nine grandchildren.  I showed her the photos and said the name of each grandchild and mom would repeat the names after me.   As I showed her these photos, I thought to myself, is she simply mimicking what I am saying, or does she comprehend that these are photos of her grandchildren? The ninth and final photograph was the photo of Erika I had given to mom two years earlier.  When she saw the photo, her face lit up and she said “Erika” before I had a chance to say anything at all.  Finally, a breakthrough!  Mom was coming back to us and beginning to remember her loved ones, and it was Erika’s picture that was helping to bring her back.

The incident was both happy and sad.  Happy to see that mom could actually recognize somebody and was not completely gone. Sad because it dawned on me how much it meant for mom to see Erika, the only grandchild she had never met, and how deeply Erika’s abduction had really affected her. Today, my mother is still alive.  She now sleeps most of the time and her dementia is worse than ever, yet she still finds a way to tell me how much she loves me and how much she wants to see her granddaughter Erika.

Watching “From the Shadows” and seeing the incident involving Kaya Wong’s two grandmothers brought a wave of emotion over me and got me thinking, “Where does Akiko Futagi’s sense of entitlement and selfishness come from?  What makes her think she has the right to torture the very soul of my mother Eileen by not allowing a relationship between Eileen and her granddaughter.”  The absolute and complete cruelty is beyond mere words.

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Birthday Wishes

Mochi Creates

Dear Mochi,

Another birthday approaches. I thought you would be home by now, but you are not. You are still missing.

In your room, I see your toys. They call to me. The Lego’s you love so much, waiting for you to bring them to life again. The books I read to you and you had just started to read to me, before your mother kidnapped you from the only world you had known.

The last time I saw you was on Father’s Day 2010. You were to have a week-long visit with her. If only I had somehow known. I could have stopped her. It was the last time I heard your voice, except in the stillness of my mind. She has tried to silence you, to erase me from thoughts. You know better, your will is strong. Deep inside you the truth burns bright.

I am doing everything I know how to do, even when I feel I can’t try anymore. I get up each day and try some more.

Birthdays come and go.

My love for you will not cease.

I am your father.

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The New Normal

Since my children were abducted to Japan two years ago, I have learned to live with a new normal. Very few things in my life are the same now that I don’t have access to my children. I went from playing with Gunnar and Kianna or teaching them about life, to wondering how they are doing without a loving father in their life. Virtually no aspect of my daily life is the same anymore, nor do I expect it to return to the old normal. 

Take for instance answering a simple question like ‘Do you have kids’.  This no longer requires a simple answer and often leads into a very long discussion about Japanese child abductions.  I guess I can answer ‘no’ and live with the guilt of denial.  I really don’t want to talk about child abduction. I want to talk about how my kids are doing in school, what they dressed up as for Halloween, or brag about how good they are at soccer.    

I often ponder why something this horrible is happening to me; or, how could a country like Japan could be such a haven for international child abduction.  Understanding this type of cruelty is beyond my comprehension. One of harder aspects to deal with is the lack of support from our own government – the Department of State. We have thousands of children abducted to other countries around the world and these children are nothing but pawns in the game of international chess.   Knowing that my own children are expendable in the game of international diplomacy while hearing the words ‘we place the highest priority on your children’ makes me sick right to the core of my stomach.    

There is no doubt that things sure are different now.  I went from complaining about our political system to finding myself walking the halls of Congress on Capitol Hill. I went from reading websites to developing websites; from watching highlights of protests on TV to organizing them outside the Japanese Embassy.  Probably the biggest change in my life is having silent daily break downs in meetings, at my desk and in my man cave.  I have cried more in the last two years then I did the first 35 of my life.  I have a real life never-ending sad picture show playing over and over in my head. 

Every day seems to begin with a struggle, it continues throughout the day, and then I get to reflect upon those struggles at night. Struggling is the only way a parent with abducted children makes it through an hour, a day, or a week. I guess as a left behind parent I need to learn to live through a situation I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.

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Dear Rion, Lauren and Julia:

On Tuesday, November 2nd, 2011, Daddy and 8 others members of two non profit organizations (Left Behind Parents Japan and Asian People’s Friendship Society) met with a Diet member (Congressman / Member of Parliament). Wet met with Mr. Hakubun Shimomura for forty five minutes. We demanded that Japan enact legislation for joint custody in Japan. Mr. Shimomura listened attentively to everything we had to say. Daddy took a framed picture of you three girls and showed it to him. When he asked daddy if I had a meishi (business card) I said, “NO, this is my meishi.” meaning the photo.

Daddy is trying very hard to make change in Japan so he can see you and you can see him. I know you want to see daddy and grandma and your uncles, aunts and cousins and they want to see you too. We all love you so very much. I know that you love me because of my visit to Iwaki on September 23rd. Lauren, your note “Dady Love” means so very much to me. You are a beautiful and precious girl. Julia, you are an angel. So absolutely lovely it defies description. Rion, when you saw me and exclaimed “Daddy” and then ran and jumped in my arms I nearly collapsed from joy and relief to see you and hold you again.

I want you girls to know that I will NEVER give up trying to be in your lives on a daily basis. You deserve nothing less than my very best effort and I promise you I am giving it my all. I am so sorry for what your mother is doing to our family. I love you.

Daddy

by
Bruce R. Gherbetti
father of Rion, Lauren and Julia (abducted from Canada to Japan, September 2009)

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A Game of Catch Lost

On June 13, 2008, a California Superior Court judge had ruled Reiko Nakata Greenberg Collins was a flight risk and ordered 5 year old Keisuke Christian Collins passport be turned over to the authorities.  On June 16, 2008, just one day after Randy and Keisuke spent Father’s Day together, Reiko violated these court orders and abducted him to Japan. Randy was devastated when he learned his only child, Keisuke Christian Collins, had been illegally abducted by his mother Reiko.  Being a retired pilot with Japan Air Lines, Keisuke’s grandfather, Ken Nakata, is believed to be instrumental in assisting his daughter to avoid airport security measures to abduct Keisuke to Japan.

Keisuke was born in Orange, California on 03/03/03 at 3:03 PM, a National Moment of Prayer and the reason for his middle name Christian. He lived his entire life life in Santa Ana, California. He is a very bright and fun boy who was able to speak fluent English and Japanese when he was 2 years old. Just before he was illegally kidnapped to Japan, Keisuke was learning to catch, throw, and hit a baseball. He is a natural and his dad misses being able to play catch with him. Randy hasn’t seen or heard from his son since Father’s Day, June 15, 2008. Randy is heart-broken. His only child is gone. He has missed out in watching his son grow. Keisuke has lost his dad. All Randy has are memories and a few pictures. No parent deserves this cruelty. Keisuke is now 8 years old. He would be in 4th grade. His last known address is with his grandparents, Ken & Miyuki Nakata, at 3-19-15 Asahigaoka, Yotusukaido, Chiba, Japan.

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I Only See My Kids In My Dreams

The other day I had another dream of my children.  I saw my son Gunnar, he ran up to me burying his head into my chest.  He didn’t want to let go and neither did I.  Then Kianna ran up to me hugging me and giving me kisses.  Soon all three of us were crying.   The images of my children were vivid and seemed so real. We had so much to catch up on since it has been over two years when we last saw each other.  I was so happy to be reunited with my children again. Then suddenly I woke up and started really crying realizing it was just a mirage that faded away.  Sadly, I also become conscious at that moment that I will only see my kids in my dreams.

On August 6th, 2009 my ex-wife Naoko Numakami took our kids to Japan on a vacation but she did not return. She has abducted our kids violating our custody arrangement.  The worst part is this has isolated our kids from a loving father who was very active in their lives.  I have since found out Japan is a black hole for child abductions where many parents abduct their children leaving left behind parents like me without the right to raise my kids.

It has been two years and I still do not know where my children are living or how they are doing.  I send cards to my kid’s maternal grandparents for their birthdays and all the holidays but they are always returned – unopened.  Unfortunately all communication has been cut off.  I no longer have the opportunity to take my children camping, hiking, to fly model rockets, to see a show, help them with their school work or talk about life with them before they go to bed.  These were common occurrences which we shared before their mother kidnapped them to Japan.

Now I am forced to place my children’s fate into hands of our Federal Government, specifically in hands of the Department of State.  The State Department constantly tells left behind parents they are doing everything they can to return our children.  However, we don’t believe it.  Unable to resolve even one case with the Japanese Government leaves me little faith that they will fight for my children.

This whole situation has been very difficult on me, as well as my family.  My parents, brothers and sister will never get to know Gunnar or Kianna.  Somehow I continue to go on and every day I pray for their safety and their return. When I can sleep, I periodically have dreams of my children.   Often by the time the dream is over they end up being abducted again. The nightmare I live with is knowing this is the only time I will ever see my children

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Child Abduction and Abuse

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I Miss You So Much

It has been over two years since I have last seen my children, my little buddy Gunnar and my little princess Kianna.  After all this time I still find it hard that to believe you were kidnapped from me by your mother to Japan.  She has caused me so much pain.  I so much wish to hold your hand and hug you once again.  I haven’t heard your voice since August of 2009.  I still have your last voicemail on my phone.  It makes me cry every time I hear it.  I still dream about you Gunnar and Kianna all the time.  I often have dreams where we are reunited and we get to spend time together.  You can’t believe how much I have done to try and find out where you are.  I still have no idea where you are living.  Your mother and her grandparents are hiding you from me.  The Japanese government is doing nothing to help me out.

This whole website was created by me so that we can be reunited again.  So many other parents have joined forces and created Bring Abducted Children Home (BACHome) so we can be reunited with our kids.  So many parents are fighting to be with our children again.  Japan has never returned a single child back home we call it a black hole.  Please try to find me on Facebook or go to www.gunnarberg.com.

I love you and I miss you more than you can imagine.

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