Originally posted to Facebook Aug 2022. When my daughter was about six I took her on a road trip up the coast. She talked non stop all the way from Sydney to Tweed. Literally. I drove the car. She drove me crazy.Then I learned what it was like to not hear a word from her … More Four Years after Reconnecting 😊 💕 😊
Those who have followed my struggle over the last 15 years will know I have collected a few favorite quotes on my journey, which I used for illustration or inspiration. Early on, especially when lined up for target practice in our family-law killing fields, I liked Churchill’s advice: “When you are going through hell, keep … More My quota of quotes
Originally posted on Karen Woodall – Psychotherapist, Writer, Researcher, Trainer:
I was asked a question recently about how one can recover as an alienated child. Clearly the person asking the question was beginning the process of working through the reasons why they, as a young adult, may think about the world in a different way…
Today is my daughter’s 19th birthday. I haven’t seen her on her birthday since she turned 7 and Its been 6 years since we were in each other’s lives. So far today I haven’t been able to contact her. Wherever she is I send all my love and hope she is happy. Sir Richard Attenborough … More The Positive Path
Thai banks are colour coded. Brilliant simplicity. I like it. You can find the ATM you want easily. So today my quest was to get a photo of each bank for you. I had to dodge a couple of security guards but mission accomplished. Also a little tip. Be careful if you ask whether a … More Colour coded
They took her away on a raft of hollow promises bound together with veiled threats designed to keep me worried, off balance and believing in the compromise that was always just out of reach and never on their real agenda. They made their new home with their new idea of family on an island built … More To cross an Ocean.
Its my only child’s birthday today. The day she was born I was walking on air. It’s a special day that we should celebrate together. But the last time I managed to see her on her birthday was exactly 13 years ago today. She was just 7 years old, a cheeky blonde chatterbox with a … More The road home
If you want to talk about grief, talk to a parent who has buried their child. If you want to talk about emotional abuse, talk to someone who has escaped an intimate relationship with a manipulative personality disordered partner. If you want to talk about betrayal, talk to someone who suddenly discovers their partner has … More Of anguish and angst
Posted to FB 12/10/17 Today is Parental Alienation Awareness Day in Australia Today also marks precisely 4 years since I last saw my daughter’s face. So Today I’ll tell it like it is. Another year gone for alienated children. Another year without my daughter and another year she is without her Dad. Another year that … More PA Day. Another year lost. Needlessly.
I recently wrote that I have more or less reached a level of acceptance after more than a decade in the parental alienation trenches. I have not got my daughter back in my life (yet), but I feel I have at least climbed out of that soul crushing trench, brushed myself off and am continuing my own life’s journey. When … More My PA Mud-map to Acceptance
I haven’t been writing much lately. I’ve neglected my blog about my PA struggles and therein lies the clue. That would be because I am spending more time in “Acceptance”. I’ve decided to drop the burden I’ve been dragging for over a decade. And its liberating. Its now 7 long years since I was in her … More Hello Acceptance
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