With the year rapidly coming to a close, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported A Family’s Heartbreak: A Parent’s Introduction to Parental Alienation in 2009. Whether you bought the book, helped publicize the book, or just sent us a note congratulating us on the book — thank you! We’ve had quite a year. I think the best part of this remarkable experience has been the people, both the professionals and lay people, we’ve met from around the globe who are working to help parents and children avoid parental alienation. These dedicated, caring individuals have honored us with the opportunity to work with them on our shared goals and I’m confident that together we can make a difference.

Finally, we’d like to leave you with a gift from a reader. Michael Byrnes, an alienated parent, wrote the following poem to his children.  Michael’s words capture what many alienated parents feel about their situations.

So Long for Now
by Michael Byrnes

So long for now my daughter
So long for now my son
When we’re older
We will meet again
I hope you’ll understand
It wasn’t what I wanted

I feel life was wasted
Not having been there
Not having shared
Please understand
It wasn’t what I wanted

Sometimes life goes wrong
There’s no one to blame
Oh but a waste
Time has become
Without you here
It wasn’t what I wanted

So when we meet again
Hopefully we will see
See eye to eye
And understand
Life goes wrong
And it wasn’t what I wanted

Happy holidays from A Family’s Heartbreak and best wishes for a peaceful, happy and healthy 2009.