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I just had something to say, so I am writing this under my boyfriends name. As you go through life it can be the most frustrating thing. I went back to college and got my degree. The one thing I have been told cannot be taken away from me, but I feel like it has. The reason I feel this way is because I am not even using it. I love to do accounting, and the job I had was taken right out from under me, all because a company was failing and my salary had to go to cover its rear end just so all the companies didn’t fail with it. They since then have thrived. I was out of work for almost two months and in that time I got one interview, and put in my resume to over a thousand companies with no luck at finding anything. I couldn’t find a job at all and here is the kicker, it was in the middle of December when I lost my job. I hadn’t even had but maybe 2 phone calls for jobs. I didn’t miss a beat of putting in for a job and I couldn’t get unemployment at all. I had been off work for almost two years before that due to a family issue. So my unemployment fell right in there.

I was just about to lose everything when my former job called me back for less an hour. I jumped at the chance even though I knew I couldn’t survive on any less an hour. I worked my tail off for less money and even ended up doing things that dealt with bookkeeping when I got back. I finally got back up to my regular pay in May. It took me forever, well it felt like that anyway. I am still working my tail off to provide for my children to give them a better life, but in the long run I am happier not doing this companies books, but instead a new job which is stressful, but pays in the long run. I have now been told that I am a huge asset to their company, but am always wondering if they may come to me sometime in the future and lay me off again. All I can do is pray that this doesn’t happen to me once again.

I keep looking at the bright side, I have a job, two beautiful girls, and a very wonderful man in my life. Everyday I thank God for what I have. Sometimes it is hard to do, but remember what you have and not what you can’t have.