Hello Again!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I worked all weekend, story of the life of a server!

But just now I got done reading the story, "Separating" by Updike.

This story really hit home for me because my parents divorced about 3 years ago, and it is still to this day the hardest thing I have had to deal with in my life.
I felt very sorry for the father in this story because I felt as though he was not all that upset about the separation between him and his wife, but he was more upset about telling his four children. He was very emotional at the dinner table that night because he knew that his kids would most likely treat him differently or maybe even be mad at their father, which was the last thing he wanted. Richard (the father) was especially nervous about telling his oldest daughter, whom was his first born. All she has known all her life was her parents being together and happy and raising her to be an adult.

When I read this part it really bothered me because that was my situation in my family. I was the first born and I had a very close relationship with my father from when I was a little girl, and I was very angry with my father, still am to this day, not because of the divorce, but for what he did and he just stopped being my dad.

What I liked about this father though was the last thing he wanted was to lose his kids. He was willing to do anything to keep a happy relationship with all four of his children, and to me that is a true father. That even if the marriage did not work out, you never give up on your children because that is your blood, you can't just give up on that.

I really enjoyed reading this story because even though it hit a sore spot in my emotions, it was nice reading about a father who loved his children so dearly.

Thank You for reading :)

Chelsey Meyer