P6/7 Scalloway Junior High School

20-3-43  

Dear diary,

Sorry I haven’t written in a few days but I have had a terrible couple of days. 

First of all I had to go to Kurkigert to visit granny and granddad, because mam was about to give birth to another bairn. I ran over the hill of Moostoft to get there, and a really bad blizzard came. I was up to my knees in snow. I nearly lost my way there. I was quite scared I did not know where I was going or who’s house I was going to knock on. 

When I got to Auld Daas, I collapsed at the front door. I don’t remember much after that but granny said that I was really cold and nearly took me to hospital, When I woke up about a couple of hour after I arrived I told granny that mam needed some help delivering the baby. 

I got home the next day because the weather was so bad that Auld daa couldn’t get the cart. When I got home mam said that she lost the baby. I was so sad, I wish dad was here then he would know what to do, and he could help get the whole family back on track. Mum said that she was fine but I knew deep down she was sad, I think she would have liked another baby. I would not have minded if I got another brother or sister. 

I hope nothing more is going to happen to our family, I think we have suffered enough. But if anything does happen to our family then I wish dad will be here, then we can get through it as a family.     

By Kirsten P7