The Truth Shall Set Us Free...

Picture this.....  Your husband is in his dream job.  There are some challenges, as it is a challenging job.  And it has some surprise politics involved that you would not normally consider in this line of work.  But, it is what it is.  Our family has relocated almost 2 hours away for this job.  Then, two weeks to the day that your beautiful baby girl was born (adding to the handsome toddler boy you already have), your husband is let go from his job. 

No big deal.  Well, having to move so soon after having a baby sucks.  Making this the second move in 6ish months.  And you are moving back into the house you own, but that is smaller and a totally different set up than the one you had been living in.  Sigh....  At least hubs should be able to get his previous job back.  Not a job he loves.  Not a job he normally even likes.  But yet, a job he is good at and that will pay the bills.  And we have 2 weeks severance and a month long National Guard course he is going to be taking.  There is no reason to panic.

And here we are.  Back in our home, with two children to raise and our home and property that needs some work.  Ray tried to get his job back at the prison, but will not be eligible now until November some time.  Sigh....how did this happen?  How are we going to survive?  Am I going to have to go back to work?  If so, how are we going to handle the cost of childcare? 

Lots of questions still yet to be answered.  We are past that emotional panic reaction and both Ray and I are in action mode.  He is furiously job searching at the moment, as am I.  I am taking stock of the state of our home food pantry and trying to find the best way to sell a lot of the stuff we no longer need.  Our junk.  Our duplicates.  We are also trying to get a handle on this crazy yard.  Seriously....NEVER buy a house that has no real lawn, just garden.  It is more than a full time job just to weed.  And covering it in river rock in no way will help the next owners replace a majority of that garden with grass.  Speaking of which, anyone want some landscaping rock?  We have three varieties for your rock choosing pleasure.

I am not writing about this season of our life because we want charity or pity.  (Although, prayers and good thoughts would be much appreciated)  I am writing this for several other reasons however:

1.  To help me get all these ideas in my brain in order and down on virtual paper.  Organization is the key.
2.  To share with other's what has and has not worked for us while trying to find jobs and hopefully still be able to pay our bills.
3.  To perhaps get some advice from others who have been there and done that, as well as provide this information to other people who may be going through a similar financial situation.
Sharing this information with the public is not easy.  I still have some internal melt down moments; times of panic when I just don't know how we are gonna make it.  And yet, I am moved to action.  If you like, you are welcome, through this blog here, to come along on this journey with us. 

God is in control.  My brain knows that.  But God is not going to drop a job in our laps.  God is not going to transfer money into our checking account so we don't lose our house.  God is not going to pull up in a 2nd car for our family.  Nor fill the gas tank on the car we already have.  What God has done however is given us a lot of tools and resources to help us make it through this, hopefully short, challenge for our family.  So while my posts may seem a bit disjointed and have no real theme to them as a whole, they are all from this point on to the foreseeable future about all the ways we are getting it done.