Final Journal

            I chose this artifact about parents getting divorced because it relates to me. When I was 4 years old my parent had got a divorce. At first, I was confused and upset. I was at such a young age that it didn’t really make sense to me. All I remember is my older sister telling me “mommy and daddy do not like each other anymore”. This was one of the first hardships I had to endure in my life. The artifact above explains how at first it is painful and then says but, without continuing his/her thought. The rhetor, which is the writer of this piece, left it up to the audience to think about what is next. What I believe should be next is “But from an young adults view, having divorced parents is not that bad. It actually has many benefits”. My parents getting divorced was hard for me at first, but now it is part of my life. If I could go back in time and prevent it from happening, I wouldn’t. Having divorced parents has taught me many life long skills and lessons.  When I child receives news that is upsetting it is hard for them at first. This is because they do not have full knowledge of the situation, nor would they understand what is happening if they did. As a young adult, it is easier to understand why things happened. This event in my life has made me who I am today. The artifact and writing is important to me because it allowed me to share something that happened in my life that I wouldn’t have shared otherwise.