Chapter 2: Broken Family
I have learned a lot in just my 20 years of life. Coming from a broken family that's still together. My parents are separted. They are just together for me and to my little sister, to make us happy but now for some reason my sister hates my Dad and I don't know why. My dad does everything for us and also my mom and I always feel as though I'm stuck in the middle.
I love my Dad and I love my Mom. I can do everything for both of them. Little things that I see shatter my heart though walking to my mom's room and seeing her crying on the bed.
My Mom and Dad are always fighting because of the money. Both my parents have two different philosophies in life. My Dad likes to save. He thinks for our future. He will work for us until he cant feel his back. Just so he can pay all of our bills like in home and in our school. But my Mom, she's always sit back and let the money come to her and she doesn't help at all, but she's taking care of my little sister.
I can see where both of them are coming from though because working to hard like my Dad. All he can do is work and work, and get old and not get rewarded. Sometimes when I see my Dad I get sad.
My Mom is a gambler, but she doesn't admit it. Sometimes she leaves the house for hours and comes back. We know where she was, but she always tells us she was at her friends house.
My Sister is very quiet, not behind the curtains though. People think she's kind, but what I see to her is an asshole. That is one way to describe her! She only listens to my Mom. She ignores my Dad and me. But don't get me wrong I love my Sister. But I've never told him this though.
Sometimes I'm going to my bed and cry because I don't know what to do. My family is broken. II'm trying to put back together, but it seems like I'm trying to fix a broken mirror. It's better to leave it on the floor Instead of hurting yourself trying to put it all back together. I never seem to give up. I always smile not because I'm happy for what happen. But because my Dad gets sad when he sees me sad. I try to leave the house and go to my friends house.
One day I will do something for my family and have a job, just so I can come home one day and giving momey to my parents and saying, here this is the cure for our problem. Then my Dad can pay off our bills and maybe my Mom can just use that money to gamble all she wants just so she stops starting fights over money.
So I'm here again stuck in the middle. My Mom doesn't have a job, my Dad has a job that he gets just enough money to pay for the bills and food.
Sometimes it's easy to smile rather than people asking you what's wrong. I have people around me like family and friends, but I still feel alone. I don't open up to anyone because people knowing about my situation like this makes me feel so weak, so I keep it to myself.
I didn't have a happy family to go to. So here I am again sitting behind in a cellphone and typing while also crying. My Dad is sleeping on his room, getting rest before he gets up for work. My Mom, still a gambler. And my sister is still clueless.
I love my family so much, words cannot describe. I would do anything for them. My family does fight a lot, but we love each other. I know it just because people fight it doesn't mean they don't love each other or hate each other. I knows that no one knows anyone's story. No one will ever understand the pain I feel. I wish I could be brave enough to leave them but I can't and I will not leave until we are happy.
- Samantha
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