Situational Hostility of a Japanese State-Sanctioned Child Abduction

Distress crept up hard this week, and I’ve learned that no amount of preparation can match the psyche, blow for blow, when it comes to Rui’s abduction to and by  Japan. I cannot mourn him because that implies resignation. I am not now, nor will I allow myself the luxury of becoming resigned,  nor will … More Situational Hostility of a Japanese State-Sanctioned Child Abduction

Child Abduction and Denial of Access Are Masked as Custody Determination in Japan

If, in a science fiction tale that takes place in a surreality full of excessive, ominous foreboding and half-visible appearances, 4000 jumping, running, frolicking children suddenly vanished from the playgrounds in your city’s neighborhood parks,  leaving startlingly empty desks in school classrooms, bunk beds instantly voided of their giggling inhabitants, PJ flannels dangling unused over … More Child Abduction and Denial of Access Are Masked as Custody Determination in Japan

Silence

Dear Rui, Darling Boy. I have so much to tell you. If I become silent here in my writing space for a period of time, it isn’t because I don’t think of you, or because you’ve moved even a fraction from my heart, or because I’ve lost hope or let up my efforts. At times … More Silence