On Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 5:45 p.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Lynn Kuratomi has agreed to come for the Sunday, July 5th visit.
Thank you.
On Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 p.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
mira-lani,
please have Lynn email me verifying that she understands her role as monitor, and that she is going to, in fact, monitor your visit with harriet and theodore on sunday, june 28th, and that she will be present and monitoring for the whole duration of the visit.
if this is not possible, there are professional monitors and neutral monitoring sites available.
also, harriet and theodore have not returned on time from their visits for the last two weeks, in fact, they have been well over an hour late both times. please try to make every effort to have them home on time.
best,
harold
On Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 a.m., Mrs. Abramowitz sent Mr. Abramowitz Lynn's telephone number and emailed:
Please feel free to communicate with Lynn directly.
On Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 2:35 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
mira-lani,
i am very sorry, but i am not going to call lynn. however, please have Lynn email me verifying that she understands her role as monitor, and that she is going to, in fact, monitor your visit with harriet and theodore on sunday, june 28th, and that she will be present and monitoring for the whole duration of the visit.
if this is not possible, there are professional monitors and neutral monitoring sites available.
best,
harold
On Friday, July 3rd, 2009 at 2:36 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
sorry, july 5th.
best,
harold
On Saturday, July 4th, 2009 at 10:29 p.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
mira-lani,
just as a courtesy, please be advised that unless i get some assurance that your "monitor" understands that she is a monitor, and is intending to stay for the entire visit, i cannot reasonably allow the visit to occur.
best,
harold
On Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at 6:30 a.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Lynn and Tina are both coming for today's visit. Both of them have monitored my visits with the children before today and understand your system.
One or both of them will be there to pick up Harriet and Theodore at 1:00 p.m., and, unless they are notified otherwise, one or both of them will return Harriet and Theodore to your care at 7:00 p.m..
If there is a problem, and we are going to be late, we will call you. Since the 'house' number that you gave me for my telephone calls to the children, no longer works, we will call you on your cell phone.*
[Editor's Note: Here, Mrs. Abramowitz included Lynn and Tina's telephone numbers.]
Please feel free to communicate with 'the monitors' directly.
Thank you.
*At Theodore's request, I tried to call him on your house phone every evening from May 25th-May 30th. Theodore was not allowed to answer the telephone; you did not play him my messages.
On Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at 9:17 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
thanks.
harriet and theo will be ready at 1:00 pm.
also, there is a scheduling conflict with next week, sunday, july 12th. i have an appointment at 11:00 am. so, 1. harriet and theodore can come with me and meet you later, say at 3:00 pm, or 2.
if you are able to arrange it with legitimate monitors you can pick up harriet and theodore at 11:00 am and have two extra hours with them that day, or 3. if none of this works, then we can reschedule.
i apologize for any inconvenience.
also, i have no idea what you are talking about re: telephone calls to theodore: i have never disallowed contact between you and harriet and or theodore.
best,
harold
[Editor's Note: On Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at 12:55 p.m., Harriet, whose eleventh birthday was on February 12th, sent the following chat message to Mrs. Abramowitz: Harriet: Mama I wanted to see you on my birthday... And i want to see you on your birthday. But Harold says i coudn't [sic] on my birthday. I love you.]
On Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at 10:41 p.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Hello.
Would you like Harriet and Theodore to be picked up at 11:00 a.m., or is your appointment at 11:00 a.m. (earlier pick up)?
Please write back and tell me so that I can make the appropriate arrangements.
On Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 7:29 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
pick up would be at 11:00 am.
On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 9:21 a.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Ripley Sellers, Lynn Kuratomi's son, has agreed to come for the Sunday, July 12th visit at eleven o'clock.
Thank you.
On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 10:05 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
mira-lani,
how old is ripley? and for what hours is he available?
please advise before we can finalize the visit.
best,
harold
On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 10:42 a.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Ripley is all grown up now. (It goes really fast!!) He is getting ready to go to college and currently training as a Therapeutic Aide at Valley College. He was President of his class at Campbell Hall on Laurel Canyon, is a published writer, and has worked for many years as an aide to an autistic boy who is now twelve years old.
Option #2, of the three options you offered me, is the one I am selecting:
'2. if you are able to arrange it with legitimate monitors you can pick up harriet and theodore at 11:00 am and have two extra hours with them that day….'
On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 10:44 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
and for what hours is he available?
please advise before we can finalize the visit.
best,
harold
On Sunday, July 9th, 2009 at 10:47 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
and how old is he?
please advise before we can finalize the visit.
best,
harold
On Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 3:51 p.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Please feel free to call Lynn Kuratomi/Ripley Sellers at [telephone number] with your concerns/questions.
Jeff Rogers and Elise Rodriguez will also be coming for the Sunday, July 12th visit.
Please feel free to call Jeff Rogers at [telephone number] with your concerns/questions.
I am expecting to be with Harriet and Theodore from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m..
Shabbat Shalom!!
On Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 4:46 p.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
mira-lani,
please just let me know who you are going to have for monitors, and what hours they can monitor for [sic]. i am not going to call anyone. it is not my responsibility. also, if ripley is a minor, i need to know how old he is. if i don't get this basic information within the next 24hrs or so, then we will have to call off the visit for sunday. perhaps you should look into professional monitors?
best,
harold
On Saturday, July 11th at 11:14 p.m., Mrs. Abramowitz emailed Mr. Abramowitz:
Jeff Rogers, Elise Rodriguez, and Ripley Sellers are the monitors for tomorrow's visit.
Ripley is 17 or 18; he is a trained and experienced therapeutic aide.
Jeff and Elise have previously monitored on several occasions and are familiar with your system.
Jeff, Elise, and Ripley will pick up Harriet and Theodore in front of your building at eleven.
At your suggestion, this week's visit is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.. For the past few months, you have been allowing the children to come at 1:00 p.m. and stay until 7:00 p.m.. This week, because of your scheduling needs, you offered me 'two extra hours' with the children. If you have changed your mind and would like the visit to end before 7:00 p.m., please let the monitors (and the children) know.
If you have further concerns/questions for the monitors, you are welcome to call them; I provided their telephone numbers.
If you do not wish to call the monitors, you will have the opportunity to communicate with them in person when they come to pick Harriet and Theodore up at 11:00 tomorrow morning.
It is, in fact, your responsibility to ask your own questions and present your own concerns to the monitors (amateur or professional). It is also your responsibility to facilitate (as opposed to impede) my visits with the children.
On Sunday, July 12th at 12:16 a.m., Mr. Abramowitz emailed Mrs. Abramowitz:
thanks.
harriet and theo will be ready at 11:00 am, and i will expect them home at 7:00 pm.
i'm happy you were able to find monitors for the visit, and i really appreciate your flexibility.
best,
harold
