Like Sheaves Of Corn (#Wattys2016)

Sowing: Faith

Dad came home tonight...well, he came to fetch his things.

My brother cried and dad hugged him. He gave me a hug too and promised me he wouldn't ever leave us. I wonder if he knew that he was leaving just then. I cried then...I'm still crying now.

I don't know why.

It's not that I'm sad about their divorce, that would be childish. I'm just sad because my brother is. Seeing him cry hurt a lot. That's why I cried too. I know we don't get along very much but I love him, he annoys the flesh off of me but I've got his back and I want him to be happy. He doesn't seem happy. I don't see him much. He's always in his room.

Mom wore her "look what you're doing to my kids" face. It's kinda like her "I can't believe my kids are doing this" face, except it's not directed at us.

Dad looked sad...it was weird because dad is always happy, always smiling, always there. But I guess not anymore.

After dad left, we had supper and mom kept complaining about dad. She says he's a coward and he's weak. I don't get it, he's the bravest and strongest person I know.

I don't like the taste of liver. It's still lingering in my mouth. I wish I could hurl it all out. I feel sick. Imma go brush my teeth and sleep.

"The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying into him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

And he answered and said unto them, Have you not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said for this cause shall a man leave his father's house and claim a wife, they shall become one?

They are no longer two but of one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man pull apart.

They said unto him, why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

He said to them, because of the hardness of your hearts you suffered to put away your wives, but from the beginning it was not so."

Matthew Chapter 19 verse 3-8

Then why dad?