Please Help Me Find My Daughter Deonna Shipman
Please Help Me Find My Daughter Deonna Shipman
posted by Find Deonna @ 8/04/2008 07:27:00 PM
12 Comments
Please Help Me Find My Daughter Deonna Shipman
posted by Find Deonna @ 8/04/2008 07:27:00 PM
12 Comments
12 Comments:
It breaks my heart every day to see Deonna's mom at work. She has not seen her daughter for over a year, and she will miss yet another birthday celebration with her. Please keep them in your safe prayers,and hope for Deonna;s safe return.
I have known Jeff for years- before all of this happened. Knowing him, I was shocked when I heard his ex accused him of molesting their daughter. At first, I truly believed in his innocence, and I felt it a shame that such accusations were made against him. WHen I heard a year ago that he kidnapped Deonna and fled, my feelings about him changed. I think if he was innocent he would have stayed and fought the charge instead of taking off while the cops are in the middle of their investigation. I guess his true colors came out. So sad Deonna hasn't seen her mother in a year.
It's my daughter's birthday today and I feel very sad because she is not with me. I can't say how much I love her to her because I don't know where she is. I want to wish her a Happy Birthday and I want to tell her that I think of her all day everyday. I pray to God, that she is safe and healthy and I hope to see her again soon. Deonna's mom (Luba Shipman).
You don't know
how much I miss you
I live each day
as it comes
functioning in all my tasks
smiling when needed
even laughing at times
but inside I am so alone
each minute seems like an hour
each hour seems like a day
What makes this time bearable
are my thoughts of you and
knowing that I will
be with you soon
-Poem by Susan Polis Schutz
The above poem reflects my thoughts of my daughter.
I will pray every single night for your daughter's safe return back to you. A child deserves to be with their mom, not taken away. I pray that Deonna's father If he indeed has her, finds it in his heart to bring her back home to you. This little girl needs to be with her mom, how selfish of him to try and keep her away! God bless you and Deonna - may she be home with you safe and sound very, very soon. xxx
Let me just say that as a father who has been through this type of situation, I can relate to what the Shipman family is going through. Until someone goes through the pain and hurt that a parent feels, please do not judge him unless you know both sides of the story. People, including family, friends, and most of all, the court system should start to realize that men, especially a father, can't be discarded or ignored when a family breaks up due to a divorce or separation. I know this first hand and have been through the pain, the scrutiny and abondonment dealt to me by people who I thought were my friends, people who I thought loved me and cared about me. Even though I don't have all the details, I am sure that Jeff Shipman felt by taking his daughter was the only option he saw available to him. Bottom line, a mother should not be afforded all the rights. Be well, Jeff.
Signed: A Father Who Knows
Luba,
I wish this hadn't happened. Jeffrey wrote to me during your custody fight. I also believe he felt he had no other choice. I find it extremely hard to believe he's guilty of sexual abuse. It was obvious how much he loved Deonna and wanted to protect her. It's awful that any parent must suffer this way. I pray for a resolution. If you might have been wrong about the abuse, please tell someone. Either way, I wish for a peaceful solution.
teri
What are you people thinking? This mother has lost her child! And you're defending him?? What the hell is wrong with you! No parent should ever be put in this position. He is WRONG for taking her! If it wasn't so wrong there would be no warrant out for the idiots arrest!
You ignorant people piss me off.
Even if she had been wrong about the abuse what difference does that make? HE KIDNAPPED HER!
My prayers are with the mother..
I hope you are with your baby soon.
Luba, I think of Deonna and you often. Being a mom myself I cannot imagine what you are going through. My heart hurts for you. I pray that your baby will be back with you soon.
Thinking of you and praying that you see your beautiful daughter home soon.
Dear Deonne,
I hope you will find strength in reading this and should you need to talk to me please free to contact me via my email address: translate2go@hotmail.co.uk...
I still find that my soul is restless......... The guilt, that overwhelming guilt, that never really seems to leave us. How could I have let that happen?????? I am her Mother!, yet I failed to protect my child. And here we are again, with the Christmas season nearing, and once more my thoughts return to the image of my daughter’s face looking back at me, her big beautiful hazel eyes staring into mine, was that fear I saw or just the look of a young child doing as her Mummy had asked?, to go with Grandpa and that everything would be ok. I had promised her that everything would be just fine. That was the last time I saw my daughter for two years...
It happened in the early 90’s and has a beginning, a middle, and for my family, a happy ending.
After escaping from the middle east with my daughter, then just a mere infant of only 10 months old, and finally arriving back into the UK after what I can only describe as a near death experience, our lives began to take shape again. Two years later, on a cold December’s day, my daughter, my precious baby was abducted by her father’s father and taken back to an Islamic state, the nightmare I had lived over and over in my subconscious mind had reared it’s ugly head and become reality.... She was barely 3 years old, and had no prior knowledge of her Father, his country, or his language!. “What must it have been like for her to have been taken under such circumstances?” , or any other child for that matter. To this day I still have flashbacks, and on occasion, for a split second my heart skips a beat and my throat tightens as if starved of all oxygen, tears well in my eyes and then suddenly it’s okay and I remember it’s all over and she is safe and well. It took the best part of 2 years to track her down, vigorous research, and thousands of pounds, not to mention all the pain and suffering along the way. The journey that took place and led to her safe return was one that I can only describe as a miracle.
For the third year in succession, my daughter’s presents lay untouched under the Christmas tree, her bedroom had become a shrine and my overwhelming guilt was just all too much, hope was fading fast. Suddenly my life took a miraculous turn!......72 hours later, with the help of one man, (armed forces), whom I might add never mentioned money and took not a dime from me, my daughter and I were reunited. The snatch back was successful. Arranging my daughter’s passport, getting across 3 borders and acquiring all the nesaccary documents, can only be put down to miracle upon miracle. After my daughter’s return we went into hiding for many years, she is now grown and we are both in the UK once more moving on with our lives. I’m hoping that by reaching out to families suffering the same ordeal that my family unit did, that this will inspire and give HOPE to those people who may have otherwise given up. I almost did, but then........ my baby came home. Don't ever give up, where there's HOPE THERE IS A MIRACLE WAITING TO HAPPEN.
My thoughts are with you.
God bless you, Georgia. London/England U.K
If Deonna's mother is now reading this I ask her to please e-mail me at akeller1862 at yahoo.com so I can talk to her about putting her daughter's case on my site.
Merry Christmas Deonna where ever you are. May the good lord Jesus keep you in his arms and keep you safe. I wish for Christmas for Luba and her family is HOPE. Love you, Deb
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