So, Like, Before My Parents Got Divorced, My House Was a Hellhole.

So like, I was totally depressed for almost a year of my life. During my 10th year of living, I didn’t know it then, but my parents were going to get a divorce. Throughout that entire year, my parents were, like, constantly fighting and I was totally getting a migraine, like, all the time.

    So anyway, my parents were too busy fighting to pay attention to anything else in life apparently because me and my siblings (we’re 4 in total) had to, like, work extra hard to keep the house a functioning place, you know? And it was totally annoying! My mom was, like, too depressed and “down” to do the cooking, cleaning, etc. so my and my brothers and sisters would split up the chores and do it ourselves. We had to make do for a lot of things that year, especially when my mom went to see a therapist- she was gone for all hours of the day!

    Anyway, so  like, the homefront during the war was a lot like that I guess. A lot of women were driven into the workforce because they had to make up for the lack of men in the country. They produced the weapons, income, the supply of troops and food that kept the war going. We supplied the washing of the dishes, the cooking of the chicken, the feeding of the baby, and a million other things that kept our war going- the war in our household.

    The importance of the homefront brought about many good things actually, both in WW1 and in my household. Women became much more independent and valued during that time- and they were given a lot of new rights that came with their newfound respect. The men were all like, wait, who knew they were capable of anything?! And that’s sort of what happened with me, my mom totally treats me like a lady now. She knows I’m capable of more and now she views me as more of her equal than before- it’s a good feeling. Also, I’m capable of so much more and it feels really good to be valued, my mom relies on me for almost everything!

    Nowadays, when each country goes to war or there is war in that country (Iraq, Afghanistan) it is still important to uphold the homefront and that is exactly what each of those countries are doing. There are still people living in war-struck countries and sometimes people seem to forget that. It’s not all just one big battlefield and life goes on- even if gunshots is the first and last thing you hear everyday. Handmade things (mostly made by women) is the grand business now, in those countries, and that just proves to show what I’m talking about.

    The homefront is very important and, without it, the war would not be able to continue- so maybe we shouldn’t have made it so easy for my parents to fight that year. Hell, now at least I basically get compensated for everything I went through that year (through presents)- something good must have come from this war after all. (note: just like Germany had to compensate the other European states)