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October 2, 2005
Dear Diary,
Today my dad is coming home from New Orleans. He has been gone for a month to help out with the Katrina hurricane disaster. Since my dad made Admiral in the Navy he has been gone A LOT!!! He had to spend two months in Korea and one year in Bahrain which is a island near Saudi Arabia. I miss him so much and can’t wait to see him.
When my dad said he was going to be gone for a while to help with the Katrina Hurricane disaster, I immediately remembered back to when my dad had to go to Bahrain. I felt a big stab of blistering pain in my heart. I wanted to cry but I knew that this was the life of an Admiral. I hate having to share my dad with the rest of the world. I know it is selfish to say that I want my dad to be home with me rather then be gone saving people and working to help our country. I just can’t help feeling this way when silly things like a basketball game or volleyball game comes up and my dad is not there to see me score that winning point. Or when my dad is not there to see me get that state A report card, and be there to meet my friends.
I know my dad tries his best at being a good dad and be there for me, but every since 9,11 my relationship with my dad has never been the same. Sometimes I act out or spew hatred to my dad because I don’t think I ever forgave him for being gone for the one year of my life were he was everything to me. It seemed like he missed everything, and when he came back it was like some stranger came into our life. We have to adjust and readjust all the time when my dad leaves like that.
Now since my dad is coming back from New Orleans there is talk that we might have to move to Louisiana, or he might get a different assignment and we will have to move to Chicago. That is something that I REALLY don’t want to do because I don’t want to leave me friends, and I was planning on going to Marian High School. I have been wanting to go there ever since my older cousin went there and told me about it. If my dad makes our family move from the house we have lived in ever since I was three years old, I think I will be more upset with my dad, and the Navy.
Dear Diary,
Today my dad is coming home from New Orleans. He has been gone for a month to help out with the Katrina hurricane disaster. Since my dad made Admiral in the Navy he has been gone A LOT!!! He had to spend two months in Korea and one year in Bahrain which is a island near Saudi Arabia. I miss him so much and can’t wait to see him.
When my dad said he was going to be gone for a while to help with the Katrina Hurricane disaster, I immediately remembered back to when my dad had to go to Bahrain. I felt a big stab of blistering pain in my heart. I wanted to cry but I knew that this was the life of an Admiral. I hate having to share my dad with the rest of the world. I know it is selfish to say that I want my dad to be home with me rather then be gone saving people and working to help our country. I just can’t help feeling this way when silly things like a basketball game or volleyball game comes up and my dad is not there to see me score that winning point. Or when my dad is not there to see me get that state A report card, and be there to meet my friends.
I know my dad tries his best at being a good dad and be there for me, but every since 9,11 my relationship with my dad has never been the same. Sometimes I act out or spew hatred to my dad because I don’t think I ever forgave him for being gone for the one year of my life were he was everything to me. It seemed like he missed everything, and when he came back it was like some stranger came into our life. We have to adjust and readjust all the time when my dad leaves like that.
Now since my dad is coming back from New Orleans there is talk that we might have to move to Louisiana, or he might get a different assignment and we will have to move to Chicago. That is something that I REALLY don’t want to do because I don’t want to leave me friends, and I was planning on going to Marian High School. I have been wanting to go there ever since my older cousin went there and told me about it. If my dad makes our family move from the house we have lived in ever since I was three years old, I think I will be more upset with my dad, and the Navy.