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Birthday Wishes

November 10, 2011
Birthday Wishes

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 [...]

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The New Normal

November 8, 2011
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 [...]

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Dear Rion, Lauren and Julia:

November 4, 2011

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. [...]

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A Game of Catch Lost

November 4, 2011

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 [...]

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I Only See My Kids In My Dreams

November 3, 2011
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. [...]

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Child Abduction and Abuse

November 2, 2011
Child Abduction and Abuse

It is hard to imagine being separated from your children through abduction.  It is also hard to believe that one parent cares more about hurting their ex-spouse than they do about the welfare of their children.  These situations are so hard it is hard to comprehend.  Many people probably think that the left behind parent [...]

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I Miss You So Much

November 1, 2011
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 [...]

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The plight of Japan’s left-behind parents

October 29, 2011
The plight of Japan’s left-behind parents

“She said to me: ‘Don’t worry, you will always be able to see them’.”

But the following Friday his wife cancelled a camping trip he had arranged to go on with his daughters and after she failed to telephone on the Sunday as promised to arrange a visit with the kids that day, Alex become worried.

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Missing Children Since Tsunami of 2011

September 17, 2011
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The missing children are as follows: Kianna Berg, Gunnar Berg, Keisuke Collins, Michiru Donaldson, Kai Endo, David Gesselman, Joshua Gesselman, Lauren Mihiro Gherbetti (Canadian), Julia Carmen Gherbetti (Canadian), Ayako Lucy Greenberg, Shanon Yuda Ishida, Riki Ishida, Ricky Kephart, Noelle Kephart, Mary Victoria Lake, Yuuki McCoy …

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Parental Abduction is Child Abuse

July 12, 2011

Parental kidnappings do not garner the media attention and sense of urgency from law enforcement that they deserve. Experts say there is a perception among the public and law enforcement officials that children kidnapped by their parents are not in danger. While it is true that statistics from the US department of Justice’s Office of [...]

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