Noah

Dear Diary

I am having some trouble with my dad. He is in jail for sinking a boat. As his son it's kind of weird seeing my dad in jail. As long as I've known him he hasn't done anything really bad but now he has gone overboard. He wont even let mom bail him out. I don't like seeing him in jail and telling my friends that my dads a criminal. It has an effect on me to. My friends will think differently of me because of what my dad did and I will follow in his footsteps. He tells me that “I am not criminal Noah”, and I agree with him. But inside of me I am “Why is my dad in jail. Why do I have to suffer talking to him here?”

He told me to go see the boat that he sunk because he is all proud of it. But I really don't want to go see something my dad got in trouble for. At least I am not ready now. Hopefully he can change soon and get out of there. Hopefully he can start to become a better role model for me.