Pain is the Point of Parental Alienation

Sharing excerpts of a post by No More Secrets and Lies from December 2015 (with some minor grammatical tweaks and emphasis added).  The complete December 30, 2015 post can be found at:  http://nomoresecretsandlies.blogspot.com/2015/12/pain-is-point-of-parental-alienation.html. I would like to personally thank John Brosnan, the author of "Pain is the Point of Parental Alienation," for both his post …

This Is Us — “Six Thanksgivings”(S3;E8)

"Six Thanksgivings" (aired on NBC November 20, 2018) https://www.nbc.com/this-is-us/video/six-thanksgivings/3831105 Kaitlyn and Skylar, Happy Thanksgiving.  I wish I could call or write you let alone spend Thanksgiving with you.  However, I am unable to do so and not for want of trying over the years. Last night, NBC aired its Thanksgiving episode, entitled "Six Thanksgivings."  To …

A Life Lesson Told By Two Songs

For my girls, Kaitlyn and Skylar. Here is a life lesson told by two songs. Don’t be this person: https://youtu.be/jYa1eI1hpDE (Taylor Swift “Mean”) Be this person: https://youtu.be/-LI8X-GhFA8 (Kenny Chesney “Get Along”) Love, Your Dad

Not Knowing What To Say – Part 2

Smoke & Mirrors Kaitlyn and Skylar, Recently, MyBeautifullyBrokenLife wrote a blog post, entitled "Smoke and Mirrors," which can be found here: Smoke and Mirrors.    I had not planned on writing Part 2 so soon, but this post inspired me to do so. During a walk with your mom the day she asked for a divorce, …

Not Knowing What To Say – Part 1

No Matter What, Your Dad Loves You Kaitlyn and Skylar, I have been silent for a couple of months.  Spring came and went.  Summer passed by, too.  Now, it is Fall.  Next, comes the holidays and Winter.  Before we know it, a year will have passed since we last spoke to each other. Kaitlyn, turned …

Honesty Is The Best Policy

Kaitlyn and Skylar, I love the two of you so much.  Nothing, not the divorce, not the distance, not the lack of contact and not anything that has happened in the past, present or future, will ever make your dad love you any less. There is so much I want to say in this post, but I …

Parental Alienation — A Poem by mylifeiswear.com

I would like to thank mylifeiswear.com for this heartfelt poem on parental alienation.  This poem could easily be written for many mothers and fathers, who are the targets of parental alienation.  Reblogging this because it is so powerful to those of us who seem to be powerless to be in our children's lives. mylifeiswear.com Apr 9, …

Main Purpose of Parental Alienation is Pain

Parental alienation is born out of pure hatred by a parent for the other parent.  It is meant to inflict unconscionable pain on the other parent by ruining his or her relationship with the children.  Furthermore, this complete act of selfishness is devoid of any empathy for the other parent.  The perpetrating parent devalues and …

I divorced your mommy, not you

via Your Ex is not your Child’s Ex — The Long Term Effects of Parental Alienation Kaitlyn and Skylar, I love you.  I miss you.  I wish things had been different the past few years.  Things should have been. Your mommy and I divorced in October 2014.  That's it.  Everything in the divorce had to …

Wherever You Will Go

Kaitlyn & Skylar, "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling was one of two "Kokie Songs" we used to sing together as a family. The other Kokie Song was Natalie Merchant's "Kind & Generous," which was the first song Kokie and I listened to at the start of every road trip we took together. (For …