{"id":287,"date":"2009-07-15T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T14:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/intentchopra\/2009\/07\/euna-lee-still-a-mom-in-capt.html"},"modified":"2009-07-15T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-15T14:39:59","slug":"euna-lee-still-a-mom-in-capt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/intentchopra\/2009\/07\/euna-lee-still-a-mom-in-capt.html","title":{"rendered":"Euna Lee &#8211; Still A Mom In Captivity (by Mallika Chopra)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share a story about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/category\/euna-lee\"><strong>Euna Lee<\/strong><\/a>, who along with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/category\/laura-ling\"><strong>Laura Ling<\/strong><\/a>, has been held in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/category\/north-korea\"><strong>N. Korea<\/strong><\/a> for 4 months.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>As a mother, the story has been haunting me since I heard it.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>It haunts me because I can totally relate to Euna&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks ago, we had Euna&rsquo;s husband, Michael, over for dinner.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>I have never met Euna, and it was the first time I met Michael.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>Because of my brother&rsquo;s close friendship with Laura Ling, it seemed natural to connect with Euna&rsquo;s family, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Michael is wonderful &ndash; vivacious, smart, funny.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>It was the first day, since this ordeal started, that he had left their 4 year old daughter, Hana.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>She was spending a night with his father.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>It was also the first time&ndash; at that time, the girls had been in captivity for about 3 months &ndash; that he was alone and could process his feelings.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>As other parents will relate, we often put aside our own emotions to focus on our children&rsquo;s emotions.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Michael chuckled as he told us about an urgent message he had received from Euna.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Euna had asked her guards if she could pass her message onto the Swedish Ambassador, who has been the girls only source of contact and information.<span>&nbsp;<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>(The Swedish ambassador has met Laura and Euna &#8211; separately &#8211; only 4 times in their 4 months of captivity. &nbsp;The girls are not being held together.)<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/mallikachopra\/blog\/euna-lee-still-mom-captivity\">Continue Reading on Intent.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What can you do to help?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Please Sign the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepetitionsite.com\/takeaction\/131375038\"><strong>Petition asking for Amnesty for Laura&nbsp;Ling and&nbsp;Euna Lee<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow &#8216;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/freelauraeuna\"><strong>FreeLauraEuna<\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8216; on Twitter<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Join the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lauraandeuna\"><strong>Laura and Euna Group<\/strong><\/a><strong> on Facebook<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit<\/strong> <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lauraandeuna.com\/\"><strong>www.lauraandeuna.com<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/mallikachopra\/blog\/what-have-you-done-last-114-days\">What Have You Done in the Last 114 Days?   <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/gothamchopra\/blog\/michael-jackson-and-kim-jong-il\"><strong>Michael Jackson and Kim Jong Il<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/gothamchopra-mallikachopra\/blog\/laura-ling-euna-lee-north-korea-foreign-policy-crisis\"><strong>Laura Ling &amp; Euna Lee &#8211; A Foreign Policy Crisis<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/gothammallika\/blog\/obama-and-north-korea-not-too-much-ask\"><strong>Obama and North Korea &ndash; Not Too Much to Ask<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/deepakchopra\/blog\/intend-return-laura-ling-and-euna-lee\"><strong>Intend the Return of Laura Ling and Euna Lee<\/strong><\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/mallikachopra\/blog\/laura-ling-and-euna-lee-petition\"><strong>Sign the Petition to Free Laura Ling and Euna Lee<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Mallika Chopra is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Intent.com\">Intent.com<\/a>, a site focused on personal, social and global wellness<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.com\/mallikachopra\/profile\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to share a story about Euna Lee, who along with Laura Ling, has been held in N. 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