As I began to see the end in my parents I was constantly searching the internet, and especially the Odyssey for an article telling me everything was going to be okay or at least advice, but I found nothing. The only thing I could find included topics about switching back and forth houses, picking who to live with, etc.

This did not apply to me. I had the perfect childhood. Two parents, a brother, dogs, an ideal home; everything I could have ever dreamed of.

So, to the teens who's parents made it through their childhood, but not quite your adolescent years this ones for you.

Granted, my parents separated off and on during my last few years of high school, but the divorce was never filed or final until once I had moved out for college.

When I came home for the first time, I did not come home to the house I grew up in. I came home to two different houses that felt nothing like a "home". I was sad, confused, and honestly hurt. I now had two houses in two different towns where I did not know anyone. All my old friends were about an hour away from my new houses, I had never felt more alone. When I met people and they asked where I was from, I did not have an answer other than "its a long story," because how do you tell someone you went to high school in this town, but live in this one, oh, and this one but you do not know anyone in either of those last two; so yeah I'm from Kennesaw, sure!

You are not 7, you're around 17, which means you can not play dumb to the fighting between your mom and dad; you are right in the middle. It sucks.

But, I am here to say.. It gets better.

Just like anything else, it takes time. In a year, your parents will be able to be in the same room without trying to strangle each other (ok, maybe two years but eventually).

It will be different, and there are times you are going to be sad because you want your old life back.

But now, you have a new life. If you're lucky as I am you'll end up with even more family than you started with. You will have more connections as your parents date, because they're rusty in the dating department at first and they understand some of the struggles you've experienced dating in this age.

You're going to develop relationships with your parents you didn't have before. You will more than likely send the same text message twice every time you have something interesting to say instead of just sending it in the family group, but it all ends up working out.

Everything happens for a reason even if you can't see it now. God has a greater plan.