Trials and Tribulations

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. "

I found the above quote on someone's my space page and it hit me just right. I think I have learned to live by this and have realized that I am only a stronger person because of what I have gone through. Now that it is in the paper, I guess I can write about it.

As most of you know, Shannon was self-employed in construction and we were doing very well until about August of 2007. the bottom fell out for us then, Shannon was not getting any work and we were having to pull everything we had in savings just to make ends meet. We had some advance warning of what was to come and had tried to stop it by getting regular jobs but we just couldn't survive without the money from the business and it was not coming in. We made our last house payment in October of 2007 and our house was listed in the paper this week under forclosures. It is not going to be forclosed on right now but if it does not sell shortly we will lose it. We can't make enough money to make the payments because we were making so much money that we were living at our means and didn't plan on a fall of this gratitude.

I guess I am kinda just putting it all out there right now but sometimes it really does help. I also know that only a handful of people actually read my blog that know me and those people are ones that I trust. I just wanted to let everybody know that I am one of those poeple that should have fell apart but am still managing to hold it together. This is only one of many trials and tribulations that we are going through right now and my true friends know what else is going on and support me and stand behind me. I appreciate the friendships I have with all of you and you all help me to get through each day in your own way and there is not a day that goes by that I don't feel blessed to have each of you in my life. You have all touched my life in one way or another and will never be forgotten.