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Divorce, for a child especially, can be a difficult thing to work through. The process of experiencing divorce through the perspective of a child is full of twists and turns and up and downs (mostly downs) and can feel a lot like losing a family member for an unknown reason. You don’t know what happened or how it happened, but you know somehow it did and that is all that matters to you. For the last 5 months, my parents have started the process of going through divorce. For myself, this process so far has been full of anxiety and worry and not knowing what the future entails. All I can say right now is that this event in my life will shape who I am for the rest of my life.
During mid to late January, my parents took on the grueling task of …show more content…

As soon as I turned my back to the kitchen table, I, without any delay, felt tears roll down my cheeks and onto my shirt. I finished packing as fast as I could and prepared for the most awkward one-hour car ride of my life. I soon realized the reasoning behind the sudden trip to Wisconsin. As much as I just wanted to hide my tears in the comfort of a warm bath tub, I knew that the only way this day could end was in Wisconsin, an entire state away from from my father. The rest of the day would be to stress-inducing if our family spend the remaining hours all together. We had to leave. There was no true explanation from my mom as to why we were leaving for the weekend but both my Jill and I knew it was for the reason mentioned above. I rushed to be the first to the car. My sister and I typically fought for the front seat and the seat warmer but today was different and all I wanted to do was be alone with myself. I threw my bag into the backseat, climbed up to the seat, and rested my head on my the bag for a …show more content…

It seemed lonely and nothing like a normal weekend. Although that weekend was spent by myself, the second half of it was used for reflection. I did some light researching and found that about 40% to 50% marriages. Not only did I lose some faith in this generation, relationship-wise, but more importantly, I found out that I wasn’t alone. I realized that most of my friends have divorced parents and I turned to them for comfort. One of my friends named Cody has gone through what I’m going through and he has been able to help each understand why I feel certain ways. I also have been to a divorce therapist. I’m not so sure I was open to the idea at first but I was kind of dragged along anyway. That so far has been a great outlet for my feeling and a great way to learn more about this situation. I characterize this process in two ways so far. Denial and insightfulness. I have slowly found out that the more I know, the more comforted I am. I’ve been trying to figure out as much as I could over these last five months but there is still a lot I don’t know. I’ll just have to wait and

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