This is the only picture of all four of your full blooded family members. WRS fathered a child prior to your birth in 1967. And ACD and her new husband had a son who was born in 1978. So technically you have two half brothers as well. Our family is full of secrets that people … More A Letter to the Brother I’ve Wondered About My Entire Life (August 17, 2026)
Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024) For most of my life, I believed the story I had been told about my father. I was repeatedly told that he was “evil,” while the abuse happening inside my own home was minimized, excused, or ignored. My … More Two Loving Fathers, One Cruel Pattern: Understanding Parental Alienation and Family Erasure (August 7, 2026)
Dedicated to my father and my husband on Parental Alienation Awareness Day. I struggle to express how I feel on this day, Parental Alienation Awareness Day. I not only live with the pain from my own childhood experiences with parental alienation but I watched what happened to my father happen to my husband right in … More Parental Alienation: I Watched What Happened to My Father Happen to My Husband & It Broke Me (2024)
Happy Birthday Dad! This year I wanted to share memories of my dad with the world wide web. Although he is gone, he will never be forgotten by me, and many others. I don’t want to forget about it or forget about him. I want to remember him and share the love I have for … More Keeping Your Memory Alive: Happy Birthday Dad (2018)
I’ve been wanting to do a 5K for quite some time but because of Post Traumatic Stress never found the courage to follow through until my friends Valari and Xandy inspired me. Over the years, I watched them collect money for the Dempsey Challenge 5K, talk about how the experience inspires them, and get their … More Dempsey Challenge 5K in Honor of My Late Father William R. Stowell (2015)
At thirty, you think you still have time. Time to ask more questions. Time to sit a little longer at the kitchen table. Time to notice the small things—like how your father always paused before answering, not because he didn’t know what to say, but because he wanted to say it right. You don’t expect … More Navigating Life After Losing a Parent: Jennifer, Lee, Onyx and Sarge Visit William R. Stowell’s Gravesite on the 12th Anniversary of Death (September 14, 2013)
There are dates that don’t pass quietly. They return each year with weight—carrying memory, love, and a kind of ache that never really leaves. My dad’s birthday is one of those days. In 2013, Lee and I chose not to spend it in silence or avoidance. Instead, we drove to Sunday River Ski Resort in … More The Power of Shared Memories: Jennifer and Lee Celebrate William R. Stowell’s Birthday at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine (March 21, 2013)
I lost my dad unexpectedly on September 14, 2001 and I haven’t been the same since. I created this video for him in 2009 around the same time I was getting discharged from the Air Force and was finally able to grieve. I got chronic lead poisoning at my second base in Massachusetts and it … More Happy Birthday Dad, I Love and Miss You (2009)
Not only was this week a sad one for the world with the worst attack on America’s soil in its history; it became somewhat sadder for me as my brother Bill gave his life to cancer earlier today. He had been ill for a couple years and struggled valiantly against the disease that relentlessly pursued … More “My Last Visit with Bill” by Peter Stowell (2001)
Given I am an avid picture taker and also took pictures of most of the first snowfalls while living in Maine, these kinda pictures resonated with me. My father and I have a lot in common and as soon as I get my pictures sorted through and organized, I will share just in fact how … More William R. Stowell Takes Pictures of First Snowfall at Home in West Bethel, Maine (1992)
Jennifer and Lee 