One man's account of his fatherhood, alienation from his children and hope for restoration
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 … Continue reading Honesty Is The Best Policy
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, … Continue reading Parental Alienation — A Poem by mylifeiswear.com
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 … Continue reading Main Purpose of Parental Alienation is Pain
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 … Continue reading I divorced your mommy, not you
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 … Continue reading Wherever You Will Go
Well, you may have forgotten how I came up with the phase, "I love you to the end of the universe and back, and then some." It is actually a phrase Kaitlyn and I came up with after reading the book, "Guess How Much I Love You," when she was 3 or 4 years … Continue reading How much I love you
Kaitlyn and Skylar, Yesterday I saw a mother and her two young children (4 & 2) picking blueberries. The first memory that came to mind was reading each of you the book "Blueberries For Sal" when you were two or three years old. This book was one of the first books your mom and I … Continue reading “Blueberries For Sal”
Kaitlyn & Skylar, Happy 4th of July! Wish we were able to celebrate together. This morning, I decided to make french toast. But, you know this isn't just any ordinary french toast. I remember the first time I made it for you when the two of you were little. Rather than make waffles (cornmeal, beer-battered, … Continue reading Daddy’s Delicious French Toast
Here are 5 Common Behaviors of Alienating Parents: 1. Bad mouthing the other parent to the child and in front of the child Frequently alienating parents will say extremely negative things about the other parent not only in front of the child but to the child as well. The negativity can reach a level of an … Continue reading 5 Behaviors of Alienating Parents — The Long Term Effects of Parental Alienation
It hit me over the weekend: this will be the first summer in Kaitlyn's, Skylar's and my lives that we do not get to see each other at all. As for summers past, we always had our week vacation in Ocean City, NJ except for one summer when we decided on a stay-cation at home. With this … Continue reading Our first summer apart
