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The past 60 hours have definitively been the most intense of this journey. On the evening the day before yesterday, we called our father (who had once again been taken into hiding, after we confronted Joy with the appearance of our mother’s wedding ring on her finger). He informed us that he was at the [...]
This morning started off ith an article in one of the local newspapers, followed by a press conference at 10.30 A.M. (GMT+8).
Prior to the press conference, the reporters called Joy Tang to offer her the chance of getting out her version of the story. Joy stated that this whole affair was nothing but a love [...]
After reading the post Angels & Demons - Healing Intentions or Draining Powers, many readers have wondered what would the Dalai Lama say? Blog reader Oneredhorse expressed herself as follows:
Joy’s actions, when you line them up and review them, provide a powerful picture of her intentions. Compassionate healing or abuse, manipulation, and control? Without any [...]
So sorry we couldn’t all be home in Africa and enjoy a family day together, but we are saving all that for some day in the (hopefully!) near future!!
With much love,
Esther, Miriam and Uncle S
Joy, we last met you at the hideout where you had taken our father to keep him out of reach of the people who love him deeply. You were wearing the Jade bracelet that our father gave you on his first visit to Taiwan (at a time when he also gave you a new pair [...]
On Monday night, when we had our crisis meeting with Joy, she agreed that the best thing for my father would be to board the plane back to Europe and resolve the numerous things that have gone wrong in his life during the past six weeks. Her promise however did not hold much, as the [...]
Smögen 2010
An old classmate of mine (from my elementary school days!) just sent me the sweetest email. She wanted to send me some encouragement in all that we were going through, and sent some beautiful pictures of Smögen, my mother’s home island. I have no memories of having experienced these parts of my roots in [...]
All we know about my dad’s whearabouts is that Joy is taking him south. Miriam spoke to my father very briefly on the phone - he was in agony and could hardly finish his sentences. We are very worried.
Today, I got a note from Joy’s boyfriend in the US. Joy had told my father that [...]
Yesterday, at dinner, my father announced that he will not be flying back home with us on March the 5th when all of our return tickets are due. He has no means of procuring himself of a new ticket or of taking care of himself financially here in Taiwan.
We called Joy immediately and sat down [...]
A friend of both Arne and Joy left the following comment on Facebook, which might provide some insight into the dynamics of the relationship:
Looking beyond the immediate, Arne told me that he is a Christian, and does not believe in other religions.
Joy is very deeply into multiple spiritual paths, including Tibetan Buddhist and Yoruba, and [...]
On January 4th, during our first chat conversation, Joy made the following comment which has stayed with me ever since:
Your mother’s love for children is coming to me.
Joy Tang, January 4th
As I am not into neither the occult nor into reincarnation, I was left wondering what she meant. I still do.
Many of you have wondered about what have been Joy’s intentions in all of this. At the end of the day, however, that is a question only she can answer. But Freeborn’s comment on yesterday’s post Angels & Demons - Raging Obsession sheds some light on the complexity of the situation. In his comment, he [...]
Between the day my father left Niger in January and the day I met him in Germany, Joy and I shared numerous chat conversations on Skype - a total of more than 20,000 words. What follows is a transcript from my very first chat with Joy on January 4th.
JOY: What a pleasure to hear [...]
On the day of the second anniversary of my mother’s death (after spending the night at the police station), my dad came to our hotel room to spend the day together with his family with Joy’s blessing.
We started with fresh juice,
…then went to a little café close to where my father was staying, and had [...]
It’s been raining almost constantly since I arrived in Taipei some ten days ago,
…a far cry from my usual hot & dry West African habitat.
As beautiful as rain can be, life under the umbrella gets restrictive after too many days of downpour…
I was looking long for a beautiful skywatch picture, and at one point, the [...]
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