The Great Depression

Today, my husband and I are going to the bank.   We heard news two days ago about the banks failing.  Honestly, we didn’t believe it at first.  Even now we still have our doubts on whether it is true or not.  I would give anything for it to be a false rumor going around.

My husband put almost every penny of ours in the bank last year.  We both knew that having our money in the bank was much safer than having it at home.  Now, we fee like it would have been safer with us.  If the rumors are true, then at least we would have been able to keep our savings.

I am going to go crazy trying to keep my house clean.  I constantly sweep.  I constantly wipe things off.  I feel like it never gets me anywhere when I clean.  It’s like as soon as I clean up one spot, I turn around and the dust is there again.

My youngest daughter Alice, is now suffering from dust pneumonia.  Alice is only about two years old right now.  It breaks my heart seeing my baby suffer.  We have all come to accept that she will not be with us much longer.  I’m not sure how much more of this I can take.  Soon enough, it will become to much for me to handle.

I’m almost certain that today makes two months since I left my family.  When I lost my job and I couldn’t find work, I felt like nothing.  My wife was out getting many tedious jobs while I couldn’t find anything.  I was so used to coming home from work to a cooked meal and a clean house.  When I lost my job I didn’t even have to come home because I was already there.  I waited on my wife’s arrival.  Things were wrong now.  I couldn’t take it.

Since I left, I’ve mostly rode the trains.  I just wanted to see the world before I started looking for jobs.  I’ve talked to other men and they have told me the kind of work they  have done.  They have also taught  me some of their hidden language.  I know it will help sooner or later.

Sundays are my favorite day of the week.  I wish every day could be like Sunday.  I love sitting down at the table with my family to listen to President Roosevelt speak.  Ever since he started talking to us we all look forward to the next day.  It is like he gives us some sort of hope.

Roosevelt always talks about positive things.  Roosevelt is always trying to encourage us to be okay.  I don’t think I have ever had someone make me feel the way he does.  It’s like he understands us all.