June 1st.

New month... time to get back to the goal. A post for every day. Not necessarily daily... but as close to possible. This month has been a rough one for me. Lots of stress. The week before Christmas, Derrick's movie was cancelled, and 70 people were laid off, including him. It's been almost 6 months now that he's been unemployed, and for some reason, this past month just hit me hard. All of the "leads" that he had on jobs just weren't panning out, the money is running out, and it's just crazy. What can you do though? I'm thankful that we had savings that have lasted us this long. It's teaching us to be humble and appreciate all that we have. To realize the difference between "need" and "want"... and not necessarily everything we "want" is a "need". To be able to accept "charity" - our school paying for us to go to movie night, a girlfriend paying for me to go to girls' night (thanks Allison!), Uncle Bob treating us all to "Up!" for Family Night tonight (thanks Uncle Bob and Aunt Susie!). Hard for us to be "takers" and not "givers" - we are more use to being "givers". Realizing that we really do need to be humble, and it's ok to accept charity. We are currently getting Unemployment, WIC (free milk and cheese! - Yippee!), applying for food stamps (oh my gosh!), and having our home loan modified... but we are surviving and it's making us stronger and we know that (HOPEFULLY!!!!) it will end soon! So Heavenly Father... (putting this out to the universe), if you're listening (or you read blogs - whatever!), we're ready for that super new job!!!

Just wanted to share a bit about our lives right now... and ask that all of you keep us in your prayers (and everyone else that's unemployed right now!)! Also know that we TRULY APPRECIATE knowing all of you and having you in our lives.

Happier posts to come.