What they dont tell you about divorce

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What they don’t tell you about divorce.

“I’m leaving”.  These were the two words that tore my whole world apart. My name is Michelle Long and that was the day my father divorced me. Well technically it was my mum he divorced, but the way I saw it, it may as well have been me. I remember sitting on the steps outside our house, watching him move box after box, memory after memory, out of what had once been our family home.

Just as he got in his car, preparing to drive away from those he loved, he stopped and called out to me.”Michelle, I know you might be angry at me,” he began. “Really?” I scoffed, my voice dripping with sarcasm, I was angry and I wanted the whole world to know. “Please try to remember that I love you, and this is for you.” He walked over to me, dropped a roughly wrapped present on my lap, then got back in the car and drove away. I looked at the package in my hands, before tearing it open, impatient to see what was inside. To my great disappoint it was a book, big and mysterious in appearance. I opened it and began to read the inscription inside.

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‘Michelle, I am leaving you this diary, so when I next see you again whenever that shall be, you will hopefully allow me to read it, so I will not have missed out on all the important things in your life. I will always love you. Dad’

That was five long years ago. I will always remember that day because as my dad was driving away a truck ran through a red light, hit his car and killed him upon impact. I was distraught and hid this diary in the attic, hoping to never see it again. I ...

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