Living Footprints, A Journey of Faith
This is something I wrote in the spring on 2010....I sent it to some friends, but thought it worthy of posting here. I had meant to post it months ago....but I think you can draw parallels between this and my current life situation. While this situation was much more temporary, there was grief and sadness, and a who gamut of emotions involved. It also is the only other time in my life that I have experienced "the peace that passes understanding"........... O n August 21, 2009 my husband came home with the unexpected announcement that he had been laid off. We were shocked, devastated, and almost paralyzed by the “what ifs” of the situation. He got no severance, and our benefits ended at the end of the month (10 days). It was frightening. He was our primary breadwinner, as I was only working part time, to be available to our children before and after school. We had already sacrificed many “material comforts” and extras during the past 8 years because we wanted m