<!--quoteo(post=305353:date=Aug 9 2008, 06&#58;34 PM:name=terumim)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (terumim &#064; Aug 9 2008, 06&#58;34 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=305353">&lt;strong&gt;QUOTE BELOW&lt;/strong&gt;</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Andrea ... HUGS to you .. where is the DIL IN JAPAN.. i was born in TENDO-shi... my natural mother is japanse and lives in mich.. as you can tell by my screen-name Terumi was my given name in japanese .. and have a sister Cheiko in japanese i have never met .. and i found my natural mother just about 3 years ago..i don&#39;t speak japanese at all.. my half brothers do .. how interesting i was adopted at 2 years old.. my parents always told me i was adopted and they were always supportive if i had wanted to look for my natural mom/ dad...i always felt special because my mom and dad always told me most parents don&#39;t get to choose their children.. and we choose you <br /><br /> i have lost both my adopted parents .. they were both such funny parents and always made life interesting LOL <br /><br />Tonia<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Good day everyone,<br /><br />I want to thank everyone again for all your kind words.  I don&#39;t have any time to chat right now or I would.  The visitation at the funeral home is this afternoon and the funeral is tomorrow.  <br /><br />Tonia I don&#39;t know what part of Japan the DIL is from, but I will try and find out.  <br /><br />Sorry I don&#39;t have any time this morning.  Will try and get back this evening.   <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":smile:" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> <br /><br /><br />