33 percent paycut(2)
Thirty-three percent pay cut
same job
the same hours
as she listens to
every
single table
going around about
money
jobs
and savings
it's a constant reminder
her husband hasn't
had a steady job
in three years
about to lose the house
a beautiful daughter
finished with college
she removes another plate
and thinks
no one tells you
it can go sideways
at any time
as
a plate shatters
Thirty-three percent pay cut
same job
the same hours
as she listens to
every
single table
going around about
money
jobs
and savings
it's a constant reminder
her husband hasn't
had a steady job
in three years
about to lose the house
a beautiful daughter
finished with college
she removes another plate
and thinks
no one tells you
it can go sideways
at any time
as
a plate shatters
my story is so similar
In the last 2 years I have experienced:
divorce
55% cut in pay
more hours, less job satisfaction
daughter started college
investment properties went back to the bank
credit ruined
bankruptcy filing this month
ex-husband unemployed for 2 years
no child support either
mortgage $3,000 a mo didn't get smaller when my income did
always waiting for the other shoe to drop
hard to keep my head above water some days.
but......
i have my health
3 children that are beautiful rays of light in my life
a daughter that in the end got her own loans and loves college
a job when many don't
a home that so far I manage to keep
a father that is 84 and an inspiration
family to lean on when I have to
so many things to be thankful for when i stop and think about it
thanks for making me stop today and take stock in what i have instead of focusing on what i've lost