Cost of living, killing some families.
Cost of living, killing some families.
My name is Nicheol, I am 34 years old, married (4 years) with a 12 year old. I found out in January that we are having a new baby due in Sept. We are elated. Things have always been rough for me, but God willing we always had food and shelter. My husband is a handy man, and buisness has been extreamly slow since the housing market went crazy. I worked at a family owned lumber yard, untill the beginning of March. The filthy enviorment as well as the stress of running the accounting office alone, was bad for me and the baby, the E.R. Dr. told me to eliminate stress, so i resigned with full confidence that i would find (had 2 lined up before i left.) work for better pay and less stress. I have been waiting patiently for the wonderful job to come thru, it is almost in the bag, but the red tape associated with working for a world wide company is rediculous. My husband picked up a job working "events" in our city working concerts, and sporting events. But events are not a daily thing. His pay is barley keeping us fed. We have applied for assistance, and it's process is legnthy as well. We have started walking my 12 year old to the bus stop, instead of driving, and we do not leave our house to visit friends or family,to save gas, we tell them to please visit us. We worked so hard to keep our home and pay our bills, when the income tax came in, we paid our rent, paid the electric, I thought we were doing the right thing for the family, this new job offers medical, and 401k, as well as top pay. I did not expect to still be waiting. Our rent is coming up, and the electric is due as well, our phone is due to be shut off and our mini storage locked us out. As i said be for God has always led us thru, but it seems that this past year we have been able to just barley put of and pay as we went. It has all hit us in this last 3 months. This test is scaring me, i can not see the light at the end of this tunnel and my faith in my own decison to leave my job for my and my baby's health was wrong, As if we loose our home, i will have more anxiety than before. My friend keeps reminding me that everything happens for a reason, and God will not put before you what you can not handle. I want to belive that we will prevail. I want to do more than just survive. I know that we have more to be thankful for than alot of people. I also know that more and more of us every day are falling behind and for some, everything will be lost. Please pray for all of us ,those who live pay check to pay check, the ones who must choose between gas and food, those who work for companies that won't give raises that keep up with climbing cost of living, Please pray for us and know that we are praying too, that this too shall pass, for all of us.
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