I just tell myself: This is part one. Agonizing even over what I can say on Rui’s birthday has plagued me for some time. It sets me an un-meetable deadline every year, along with the anniversary of his abduction in the middle of June. The pressure to speak wisely and feelingly builds, but the truth … More Remember, Remember, Sixteenth of November
Dear Rui I am writing you this note today because I find that I don’t know any other way to reach you than this. I have been trying for nearly three years now to find out where you are, where your mother and her conspirators are keeping you. I have sent messages and presents to … More Love to Rui, January 2013
The Japanese Diet will be dissolved in December 2012, and a new Diet will soon be elected. The collapse of the DPJ government has been foreseen for some time; the Noda administration has expended what political capital it had on pushing for an unpopular, politically regressive increase in Japan’s consumption tax. Ho hum. The center of … More New Party Backs Hague Treaty and Progressive Family Measures in Upcoming Japanese Election
I’m pleased to report that Senator Barbara Boxer of California introduced a resolution today (August 2, 2012 ) to condemn International Parental Child Abduction, asking that more be done to prevent and resolve our children’s abduction cases. In introducing the resolution, she and fellow Senators Lautenberg, Kerry, Lugar, and Inhofe are responding to the frustration … More Senate Resolution: Resolve Cases of Children Abducted by Parents Across International Borders
For Rui Boy 