I have a family member who also spent Ayla's birthday distraught, heartbroken.
Grieving for everything he's missed.
15 years ago he had a baby girl that was given up for adoption without his knowledge or consent.
He contested it in court. After two years he had only seen his daughter one time. She lived full time with her adoptive parents.
It looked like he might get her back. But he made the very difficult choice to end the fight to remove her from her parents.
He understood the trauma that would be for
her. He didn't want to put her through that... just so he could have her.
15 years later... he still cannot get over it. It has ruined his life completely. He is still devastated.
On Ayla's birthday...
15 WEEKS after her disappearance... where was HER father?
Justin got a chance that my family member would have given
anything in this world to have.
He got the chance to
know his beautiful little girl. To hold her. To rock her. To tell her that he loved her. See her smile.
Hear her laugh. Hear her cry. Watch her grow. Watch her dance. Comfort her. Encourage her. Help her. Protect her.
And he threw her away.