Theme Thursday (Suitcase)

My Mother came out of the bedroom, crying hysterically,shouting obscenities at the man that she loved, the only man that she had ever loved, the Father of her two children, My father called for me to come into the room, and I, being all of 5 years old, didn't know if I was in trouble, or if I had caused Mom to fall to pieces. I slowly made my way into the room, with that nervous walk that children do when they think a spanking is coming. My Father was not visible at first, only an open SUITCASE was lying there on the bed. He emerged a few seconds later from the closet with a handful of clothes, and threw them into the suitcase. He picked me up and sat me on the bed and said,"I know that you will not understand this now, but one day, when you are older, you will understand that this is better for all of us, it is not healthy for us to live unhappily, always fighting and arguing. There is nothing in this world that means more to me than You and David, but I cannot stay here anymore"! My Father proceeded to hug me and then he folded up his SUITCASE and dissappeared into the blackness of the night. My mother, sobbing, grabbed onto me and cried. I looked at her and asked,"Mommy, who is going to help me fly my kite"? It was a rough time,but, in the end, it was probably for the best, over the years, I have come to realize that My parents were never really compatible, and I met alot of people that I would have never known!

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