23rd September 1918
It’s a another day without my brother Jack. It's been long since I have even seen Jack. I miss him and I hope he’s ok. I was hoping not to get a tallygram but I got one to say he's in the hospital. Mum was worried too, but she asked me to stay and help out at the farm so I did. It is really hard collecting the food for me and mum. Especially without my dad, because he's on tour for work. So it’s just the girls. I have been cleaning, washing the dishes and cleaning clothes. Cleaning clothes was a big one because mum had not done it in ages, luckily I did it. As we were collecting food in the garden there was flies eating all the rotten food but we still got some good ones like apples, potatoes and beans I can’t really think what else I have been doing.
I have been helping other people at their homes. I had to go to my friend Emily's house, her brother Zac went to war too and had sadly got shot going over the top. When I went over to her house again, she was balling her eyes out but I helped her to get over it.
From Mikayla
