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[Hoping]

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I'll be praying for your family

[Atkid]

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Keeping you and yours in my thoughts and prayers.

[dreamof145]

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You are in my thoughts and prayers. Best wishes.

[misplaced southerner]

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well, it is bad news for sure. i guess it could be worse but not by much. today ernie met with his partners who flew in from atlanta. he thought they were shutting down the project due to lack of funding from the investors. as it turns out, they are taking his full time position and turning it into a contract position. oh, they are so sorry and they hate to do it....but that is not going to pay our bills.

he could not really talk as he was on a lunch break. i will know more later. if they think he is going to work as hard as he does on a "contract basis" they are nuts. needless to say i am crushed. there goes my dream to move to the east coast any tmie soon...there goes financial security til who knows when. we are now stuck here because we can't sell our house right now, the market here is terrible. i have no idea what his income will be. i am a wreck

i am so tired of life telling me i can "handle it"...i know people go thru this all the time but i am just so tired of "it". well, i guess i won't go shopping this weekend.

thanks for your prayers. at least he did not get terminated immediately. it could have happened. we will start shooting out resumes this weekend. it is just a bad time to be job hunting. things here in CA are so bad. i am totally depressed. sorry for seeming ungrateful. we are finally getting out of the hole that our exes put us into and now this.....

[FatBottomGirl]

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(((Hugs))) - I am sorry you and your hubby are going thru this especially at this time when the economy is in such a decline. Your right - thankfully he was not terminated on the spot so it does give you some wiggle room to find a better job. I know the market is tough, but great qualifications and strong work ethic speaks volumes.

Since you can't go shopping this weekend.. why not pack up a picnic go somewhere quiet and just relax - take your beautiful puppy with you. Hopefully you are having so nice weather.

[Mothercooter]

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You guys are in my prayers.

[UrbanShaman]

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I have gone through something very similar to your family's situation. It is devestating at first but try to remember that He never closes a door without opening a window for the sun to come in. You and your family will come out of this even better off than you were before the troubles started. You are in my prayers daily.

[qbu]

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Sending thoughts and prayers your way.

[misplaced southerner]

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hi friends and happy sunday. well, there is not much news on the job front. this is all we know for sure. this is a mess. my husband is partners with two gals in GA who are in the medical field. he has developed a site for them where they sell time to doctors offices and hospitals for their coders to get up to the minute training in order to save a ton of money. he has worked on this project for an entire year. he is the only one who really knows how to operate it. the "investors" are not ready to invest enough to keep the boat afloat to my husband, who is the company's biggest expense, is the first to go...but "oh, if they decide to invest we can use you on a contract basis and by the way, will you please write out all the instructions so someone else will be able to operate the site." oh my goodness. i can't say we are shocked but disappointed is an understatement.

so....we have gainful employment thru the end of the month and then....we'll see. so the door is now wide open for opportunity. i am a creature of habit so i am at my wit's end. i like stability and security so this is really hard for me. he is extremely optimistic. this is such a bad time in the job field...in the state of CA we are slicing and dicing at education which is my field. my own job is secure but the idea of moving and starting over for me right now is frightening. my son has 2 more years of school but he is much more adventuresome than i am. we did want to go and start over before my daughter starts HS in two and a half years

so right now we are looking at this as an opportunity to get a new beginning for my husband...maybe a new beginning somewhere else for our family. we have wanted out of CA for so long. today in church our sermon was on prayer and faith...how convenient! thank you god as i really needed that today

so i am scared. i know things work out in the end but i have had to pull myself up by the bootstraps so many times in my life that i am getting tired. but we are in this together. we'll be fine. he is a good man and my treasure. i know we will weather this together. we've been thru worse.

in the meantime, i still covet your prayers and i am grateful for them. i am just a stranger to most of you however, i do believe in the power of prayer and i am not above asking for them. it will be interesting. and i would love to hear any of your stories of encouragement..i know this has happened to many people. it is good to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel...thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[Carb Addict]

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As a pastor's wife, I am very familiar with transition. Change is never easy and certainly harder when it is not of your own making. What I have learned in 25 years of ministry is that your immediate family is the most important thing. This means you and your honey and your kids. They are the priority. They matter. Keep them and each other close. Stay united even when things are uncertain. My honey and I have a circle committment - meaning we may not always agree but we are commited to staying inside the circle. No one steps out and the circle is flexible. This gives us grace when we are grumpy and scared. My thoughts and my prayers are with you. I believe in a God who has things all figured out- we just hang on for the ride.

[bradybunch]

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Just saw this Betsy, hang in there girl. Things will turn around.

[Lady_Hawke]

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Hugs, good thoughts and prayers to you and your family

[Brook]

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I just saw this this morning, Betsy. Know that you and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers as you go through this time of transition.

[FatBottomGirl]

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Hi Misplaced Southerner - I just wanted to stop by and see how everything was going for your and DH. Hopefully you have gotten some leads on better opportunities.

Take Care!

[guekjian]

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Just saw this...and I thought I would attach something I received from a friend last week. I lost my job on february 8th and have still not received any unemployment checks, and reading the following quotes is helping me not panic...

Concentrate on these sentences...

"To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did."

When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.

and my favorite...
'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.'

Take care Betsy...