Ww1 Diary Entry 1914

1914 a terrible year for me. July 20th 1914 I woke up, got out of my bed and went down to the living room mom and dad where up listening to the radio. Mom looks very sad I didn't want to ask her what was wrong because I was scared I wouldn't like it, so I waited for her to tell me on my own. I went and sat down with them when all the sudden mom said that daddy had to go off for a little while I asked why and she told me that he had to do his duty by serving in the war. My eyes filled with tears I started to cry then I latched onto him and didn't let go. My daddy told me that he would be leaving in four days to serve their country he said that he was doing it for me and America. Hey dad it's only nine o'clock will you spend the day with me dad: i'd love to son. Dad: Hey son what do you want to do, James :well we could play baseball, ok son let's go. We started throwing the ball back and forth dad said gee son you've gotten good, see if you can throw it to me across the yard, I backed up and threw it right to him he was pleased.The rest of the day was fun we walked around town and got an ice cream cone then we went by the river and looked at the sun shimmering of the water the day was fun and I spent alot of time with
So was I, I had never been without a dad and new that I would never forget the day he left. The first couple days were really hard but it got better but then another horrible thing came my mom. Since dad was gone mom had to get a job to provide for us so she went into town to find a job. First she tried the drug store but they didn't have any openings so she got a job at the local cloths factory because that had jobs that weren't already taken so every day she would go to the factory it was terrible for me I had to stay home all day by myself and I had never done this before she would leave for work at six and get home at seven she was always tired every