And the Divorce Rate Increases

So my mom is an elementary school teacher and today once I was finished with class I went to her school to help her with grading and whatnot. As I entered the classroom in my cheery mood I saw that the kids were having "Show and Tell." I remember this being a huge deal as a child, finding the most random thing and thinking it was so important that I needed to share it with my peers.

The first girl brought in a fossilized rock that she found on the beach, and she was so proud of it. It was truly adorable. And now to why I am actually writing this specific blog post. The next girl, this is a third grade class by the way, brought up a t-shirt. This specific t-shirt had a picture of her mom and her as a child. When she started sharing she started explaining to the class that this was important to her because her mom had passed away 5 years prior. This poor eight year-old had to explain to her peers that her mother had passed away and how her Dad had a hard time dealing with it so she now lives with her grandparents and sees her Dad every other weekend. 

She then told the class that this weekend she was going to be with her father, and you could see her eyes light up with excitement as she announced this. Another little girl then declared that it was her weekend to see her dad too, she too was filled with joy, then a boy said it was his weekend with his Dad as well. And then it struck me, our society today is already desensitized to divorce. These eight year olds are already having to deal with being passed between parents, and who even knows why their parents split up in the first place.

I just think it's so sad how those traditional wedding vows that are said, "for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for long as you both shall live" are not even valid anymore. Divorce is so common these days, and it just makes no sense to me that our society is okay with what we have become.

I personally have not had to deal with divorce myself but I have had someone very dear to me go through it and I see what a huge toll it has had on him, and his parents divorce was over eight years ago, and he is still coping with it. I just don't understand why people just give up on marriage? I understand their are circumstances like affairs and abuse, but what about the people who "fell out of love." I could go on for days about this but, it's just something that will always bother me.