{"id":229,"date":"2013-05-31T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sloop.net\/wordpress\/?p=229"},"modified":"2013-05-31T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T19:33:18","slug":"friday-mid-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sloop.net\/wordpress\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"Friday, mid-day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today does not bring us any new news in finding Dad.
\nWe\u2019ve looked everywhere, followed every clue. We\u2019ve done all we could, but still no word on where Dad might be.<\/p>\n

Yet today marks a change in where we are.
\nRandy wrapped up all the remaining sightings and such yesterday. The park has been searched over two or three days by another even more experienced set of people than ever before. Multiple dogs were brought in to see what they might find, and all these efforts have turned up, essentially, nothing.<\/p>\n

Last night, Randy boarded a flight back to the United States and home. We had booked a ticket for Dad on the same flight, and hoped that some new lead, some critical piece of the puzzle would, perhaps, fall into place, and that Dad would be able to come home.<\/p>\n

Yet, that ticket we\u2019d held for Dad went unused.<\/p>\n

So, where does that leave us?<\/p>\n

It leaves us simply not knowing what happened or why. We are told the police and SBU are still pursuing a very active investigation. We still don\u2019t know, with any certainty, if Dad is alive or not, or being held by someone or not.<\/p>\n

So, at this point, we let the police investigation run its course. That could be long, or it could be short \u2013 we have no way of knowing.<\/p>\n

But for now, there\u2019s really not anything left for us to do. We\u2019ve done all we can possibly do ourselves. We have no reasonable approach, left untried, to locate Dad.<\/p>\n

I continue to hope. I continue to pray, and wonder if somehow Dad might still come home. I also have my doubts and down days [or even minutes or seconds.] But I\u2019m not turning the corner on Dad yet. I won\u2019t \u201cforget\u201d about him and assume he is dead. Until we have uncontestable proof, I\u2019ll still continue to hope.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how everyone else will view things and I\u2019m content with however they hold it. The way I hold things isn\u2019t the \u201cright\u201d way \u2013 it\u2019s just \u201cmy way.\u201d We all see things differently, and I may see them differently than I did even ten minutes ago.<\/p>\n

But clearly we\u2019re entering a new part of this journey.<\/p>\n

Does this mean the journey is over? Does this mean I\u2019m giving up? Does this mean I\u2019m not going to write here any more? Does this mean that we don\u2019t need your care, and enjoy every minute of your company?<\/p>\n

The overwhelming answer is emphatically \u201cNo!\u201d<\/p>\n

We are not done. We have not given up. We will continue to need your support, care, love and companionship. I will continue to write as long as it feeds us both in nourishing ways.<\/p>\n

Mom needs you too.<\/p>\n

We have more to say\u2026
\nWe have more journey with you\u2026
\nWon\u2019t you be my neighbor\u2026
\nWon\u2019t you come along\u2026<\/p>\n

-Greg<\/p>\n

PS. I\u2019m likely to post more information and more complete follow-up later today. We would encourage you to check again later today and tomorrow \u2013 we\u2019ll have more information and direction on where we go from here.<\/p>\n

Also, you might consider adding the blog to an RSS feed. [If you know what such a thing is\u2026.] This would allow you to be alerted by the RSS reader when we post up new information, rather than needing to check \u201cmanually.\u201d<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s enough interest, I can work on a \u201chow-to\u201d on setting up an RSS reader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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