When my husband lost his job we found ourselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. We are a family of four with my husband bringing in most of the income. Although the job loss didn't exactly come as a surprise to us, we found we were worried all the same. We worried, and worried, our family and friends worried for us too.

A few days after the job loss had truly sunk in, my husband and I had a serious conversation. "Where is all of this worrying getting us?" we asked. We realized the only way we were going to move on from this was to get positive and try our best. We started working for the present and towards an even better future. Also, we determined the pros and cons of the given situation.

My husband immediately applied for unemployment benefits, very thankfully he was granted them. I do not think we would have made it through without the benefits. Our unemployment checks were quite a bit less than what my husband had been making, so, we budgeted accordingly. My husband had been commuting 1 1/2 total hours each day; we started saving money on gas immediately. The company he had been working for took back his cell phone and that saved us the $30.00 portion of the bill that we paid each month. My husband was now eating lunch with us everyday rather than eating out that too saved us money. Once on unemployment we ate out only once a week, that was much healthier, and saved a lot of money.

I run a small dog grooming business out of our home while staying home with our kids. Once my husband was home more I started grooming many more dogs each day while my husband watched the kids. My ability to work more helped compensate for the loss of income each month.

We sold our second vehicle, we figured, why not make money off of it now and share just the one vehicle? It was not hard for us to share the one car, my husband and I discussed each night before bed who would need the car the next day and when.

My husband job hunted almost everyday, filled out applications, made resumes, cover letters and had many interviews. As with most cities, there were hundreds of people applying for the same jobs so he tried his best and got some help. He started frequenting the local work force center and received mentoring, attended work force center job fairs and even got money for new interview appropriate clothing.

Each new day we reminded ourselves "this is a blessing in disguise," "it will get better." A few months in to the unemployment our friends and family were still worried, they continued expressing their concerns to us, we kept telling them "we will be o.k." "Good things come to those who wait."

Everyday for seven months my husband was able to watch our baby boy reach new milestones, play with our little girl, spend quality time with others, and myself and rediscover himself. When my husband lost his job, he was able to leave behind an unstable work environment, a hot tempered boss who was attending anger-management, as well as 8-10 hours a week of commute time. Although he was longing for a new career we still felt fortunate, blessed and happy.

The day my husband was hired for his new career was an amazing day, he was so very excited. "This is the beginning of an even better future,” he told us. "They told me I was chosen from over 100 other candidates, I am so proud." "Good things do come to those who wait.” “We will be o.k.”