Last year at this time, My whole world turned upside down.  My husband lost his job, I had to take on more hours, I lost friends, issues with family members took a turn for the worst, and we ended up having to pack up our stuff, sell our house and move. 

It was a rough couple of months from Sept thru Dec but looking back, I am so glad that things happened the way they did.  I don't know that I would change anything because in the end, I ended up in a better place  and learned a lot about myself.

It all started when my husband called me from work asking me to come pick him up.  We knew that things were not going well.  The big wigs above him were being jerks and wouldnt' help him at all and he had decided to start putting his resume out a few weeks before, knowing that he was going to leave the company.  However, no matter how prepared you think you are for hearing the words "I've lost my job", you are still not prepared.

He was our sole breadwinner since we had decided when we had our first son that I would work part time and opposite of him so that we did not have to put the boys in day care. This worked out well for us.  Luckily, I had a worked for a good company that was willing to work with me in getting more hours.  My husband started looking for a job in earnest and within two weeks he had a new one, however that did not make things any easier. 

His new job took us 2 hours away and there was no way he was commuting that far.  So we had to start packing out house, preparing it for the sales market and also start looking for a new house.  The best part was we are now within a half hour of our families now for the first time in almost 10 years. 

We were fortunate to find a real estate agent that was able to show us houses on the days that were convenient for us and on the second day of house hunting we found our house.  We were able to close on our house within a month.  We had a buyer for our house within a week of putting it on the market.  Unfortunately, it fell through shortly before we moved.  We did end up with a buyer within a week of it going back on the market and this one made it through to close. 

Today, I look back and can see that God put us here for a reason.  He allowed us to be close to our family, has put us in a great church home where I am now a Sunday School teacher, involved in a Bible Study and hopefully if things work out He will allow me to start a ministery for moms within our church. 

The past year has not all been great, I did lose some people who I had once considered friends, however, I am better off without them.  I also have seen my extended family being challenged with some hard things, but I know they will make it through better off.  I know that after the initial hurt and pain, they will be stronger in the end.  We've also watched my husband's grandfather slowly get worst health wise. 

There have been good things though, I became better friends with a great lady from CM, and I saw my baby sister turn into a mom. 

I give God all my thanks for not only allowing me to face all of this but to have him by my side the entire time.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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