...a college student.
...a older sister.
...a family member of someone battling Cervical Cancer.
...a homeless youth.
...a child of divorce.
...a daughter and victim of an abusive father.
...a lesbian.
...Me.
So I know thats kind of a weird way to start off a blog but all will be explained. At almost 19 years old I have dealt with many hardships and I would like to start a series of blogs sharing my experiences with those who may be able to benefit from what I learned and how I have learned to deal with the stresses. I have tried to list above as many of the hardships I have gone through, things that I have struggled with, things in my life that make it difficult or things other people harass me for. I hope that by sharing my experiences, a young man or woman will not have to suffer as much as I have.
I guess I will start at the turning point of my life.
The day in the life of a child of divorce.
6 years ago when I was 12 years old my parents decided it was the best for everyones sanity that they split up and get a divorce. I guess you could say I saw it coming because for years I had been worried about it formulating who I wanted to live with if they split. I had decided at one point that I would live with my dad. That was until just before the initial separation my father changed. As a child that was almost old enough to choose who I wanted to live with and if I wanted to see the other parent I had a lot of pressure from both parents my father did not want us to live with us and at that point though I did not want to see my father because of the change in his attitude, my mother wanted me to go and make sure my sisters were taken care of. It wasn't even the anxiety of feeling like it was my fault my parents split up, (which i know it is not and did then too) but the anxiety of every thing that goes with it. I had heard about the hardships of divorce on children but you have no idea until you have been one. I almost think my mother would have been better off as a single mother all her life than putting us and her through the divorce. I found the best way to deal with my feelings was to write or express my self artistically.
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I know how you feel . My parents got a divorce in 1997 when I was 10. When my mom had my sister, she said she couldn't wait to get divorced from him. A year later , raunchy pictures with his so - called married lover sealed the deal on the divorce.