By: Sophia
So my parents this year decided to get a divorce. You may have had friends who have had their parents go through a divorce, but you never really know the true struggle of divorce till your knee deep into it. As the “child” of divorce you go through a lot of conflict of your emotions. You feel angry, mad at the world. You feel angry at your parents at first, feeling like this shouldn’t be happening. You feel sad, sad that your family isn’t a complete whole anymore. I think the number one thing that is the most conflicting thing, is how to feel about this situation. I’ve learned that yes, this is not going to be easy, but you cannot blame anyone for what is going on. You might want to be angry, might be mad at your parents for this. But the truth of the matter is you cannot. When they first told me that they were splitting up, I was filled with all sorts of emotions. I was first just shocked at the statement. Didn’t really know what to think about it. No one wants their parents to split. I was also really sad and confused. You can never know how truly rough a divorce is until you are in it. You feel a little disconnected from your friends who have never experienced a divorce. It’s hard to communicate how hard it is. Before my parents got a divorce, people would tell me it was hard, and you feel for them and want to help. But you also think; well now you have two Christmases, 2 houses, so you think how bad can it really be? Well now I understand why it’s hard. It’s a big learning experience in life. A new strength you build from dealing with it. No one really knows how to make everything ok when you’re going through a divorce, how to pick your life back up and try to figure out how to live this new life. It’s not easy in the least, but it has made me a stronger and better person
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