One man's account of his fatherhood, alienation from his children and hope for restoration
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
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, … Continue reading Not Knowing What To Say – Part 2
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 … Continue reading Not Knowing What To Say – Part 1
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”
