When You Get A Little Hope

We moved under certain conditions and understandings. Like full time pay. Turns out they just recently made my husbands position full time and they really can't support a full time man. So in the first year, he lost a chunk of any kind of benefits, and the finance committee has at least one person who wanted to paycuts so far back we couldn't afford to pay our rent. 

In the two years we've been here, we were robbed with all of us in the house so on top of insurance not fully covering what was taken...which included a car that was paid for. We have a car payment. And my husband became deathly ill about 6 months ago resulting in two emergency surgies and some huge medical bills even with our insurance. Now, this stuff is real life. We were doing okay. I mean we don't live high on the hog and I can't afford to go on a lavish vacation, but we were paying the bills. 

Now there is a threat of my husband's job being cut completely. Possibly about the time the baby comes. 

We went from being a frugal little family with a baby on the way to wondering if we will have a job. 

So my husband began putting out his resume across the southeast. We moved so far from our families and with the only grand babies, I selfishly would like to be closer to family. 

My husband found a good job opening just 2 hours from my family.  And 4 hours from his own. Which beats where we are now by a long shot! Where we live now, the nearest town is 70 miles one way including the hospital we will have the baby in. 

He applied. But considering he was fresh out of the Master's program when we took this job and he hadn't been here long, his resume in his chosen field isn't all that impressive. Of course he's worked hard his whole life but didn't get the job he wanted until we moved here. And now, that job may not pay the bills. 

He got a call yesterday that he's their number one man. And they want an interview as soon as possible. The job is in another state and they want a face to face with him. 

Not many people here I can tell that aren't connected to his job. It's a small freaking town. But I've never seen him so excited. We've been praying God would open a job that would provide for our growing family and would take us closer to family. Not to mention back to civilization with better schools and options for our boys. 

Nothing is set in stone. But it was like getting a wind of hope. We moved a long way for a full time job to have that job treat him like crap and decide that maybe they shouldn't have hired a full time man. My husband promised me that even if he has to go back to working nights scrubbing toilets, he would to help support us. His check is bigger than anything I bring in right now. 

But this would let him continue in what he loves and allow us closer to our family and even our boys godmother. And I'm trying not to get my hopes up because the idea of moving again to a new state is overwhelming. But I'd so love to have our family in a better place and my husband less stressed. 

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