Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Good Morning Sam! Guess where I am. I am sitting in the exact same place I met you and Adriana Coronel Tenorio (AKA Adriana Howitt Coronel, Ari Coronel, Ari Coronel Tenorio, Ari Howitt, Ari Howitt Coronel) about a month ago, the lobby at the Grand Hotel. Adriana brought you here to meet me before my appointment with Alicia and Carlos. We talked and agreed it would be a good thing to meet again. It’s a good meeting spot because it’s open and busy. Alicia and Carlos’s office is close by, so that helps too. Today I am here to sign some papers so we can retain a partner attorney in Mexicali to handle Adriana’s appeal of the court judgment. It will be more cost effective this way and more productive since this guy has very good experience with the Supreme Court.
So, we are up to 5 different attorneys working on this case. Who would have thunk it? 5 very good attorneys and there is still only so much we can do to find a resolution to this situation.
We are being proactive with this because it’s been 5-weeks since Adriana filed the appeal and we have heard nothing in the way of the official reason for the appeal. We have no idea what Adriana could possibly appeal. What we do know is that Adriana has not been able to pay her new attorney, Oscar Ivan Diaz Gomez. Which could be why we have not seen anything. We are about to find out. All the attorneys and the judge, whom you have met, seem to think this is nothing more than a stall tactic on Adriana’s part. Given her steadfast refusal to allow you and me to spend time together it would appear they are right. They have seen it all before – Adriana is fooling nobody.
So, Adriana and I had an email exchange regarding this weekend. While I have completely separated the issues I have with Adriana from asserting my parental rights in order to take care of you and spend time with you, Adriana is taking that very personal. She was the one preaching that we take care of the things we need to for you. Of course now that I am doing that her only reply is to insult and ridicule me, just like everyone thought she would do.
When you are old enough to understand what has happened to you, I have boxes full of the things that have been essential to allowing you to put all the pieces together and find out all about Adriana and what she and the rest of her family has done to keep you away from me. And let’s not forget the efforts of Isaias Palomeque (AKA Isaias Uzziel Palomeque, Isaias Palomeque Vergara, Project Manager at DJO Global & Donjoy). Someday you will be able to go through those boxes and get a full understanding of the effort taken by so many who have been helping to end this situation. These are people who you have not met yet but fell in love with you the moment they have seen that beautiful smile of yours. You will meet them soon Sweetie.
So, I sit in this lobby of the hotel, not far from you but not close enough to see you. In good faith I left Adriana a voicemail letting her know I am here. We will know soon enough Sweetie. Its time for my appointment with Alicia. I have to go. I love you my Princess!
[2-hours later]
OK. I just completed my meeting with Alicia and Carlos and I’m back in the lobby of the Grand Hotel waiting for Adriana as promised. Maybe she will surprise me and walk through those same doors she walked through with you the last time we were here. I sit here remembering the last time you were here. You were so funny Sam. The chairs were tall enough for you to crawl through and play ‘peek-a-boo’ with me. I can see your smile and hear you laugh like it was yesterday. I miss you so much Sam.
The hotel is playing Christmas music in the lobby. It’s decorated with lights and is pretty festive. I don’t know what kind of holiday season this will be. I know it is what we make of it. Never in a million years would I expect to miss any holiday with you let alone over a year’s worth of them. I am here in spirit Sam but it can hardly fix the giant hole in my heart that I have since you have been gone.
I’m afraid its time to go back to California. I have to assume Adriana ran out of excuses and just blatantly blew me off on purpose. That’s typical for her. I even waited longer knowing Adriana is never on time. Maybe we will hear from her later today. KISSES SAM! Daddy loves you!