Short and Sweet or maybe not

I found this saying on my cousins Kristina's blog (hope you don't mind I stole it) and I thought it was the perfect way to start what I had to say"There are cycles of good and bad times, ups and downs, periods of joy and sadness, and times of plenty as well as scarcity. When our lives turn in an unanticipated and undesirable direction, sometimes we experience stress and anxiety. One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic. Perhaps when difficulties and challenges strike, we should have these hopeful words of Robert Browning etched in our minds: “The best is yet to be” (“Rabbi Ben Ezra,” in Charles W. Eliot, ed., The Harvard Classics, 50 vols. [1909–10], 42:1103). We can’t predict all the struggles and storms in life, not even the ones just around the next corner, but as persons of faith and hope, we know beyond the shadow of any doubt that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and the best is yet to come." (Elder L.Tom Perry, October 2008)

I'm not very good and sharing these kind of private things but I've decided that it's not something to be embarrassed about or hide. Yesterday Jeremy lost his job. I felt like it was something I needed to share because I feel like a lot of people we know are going through hard times right now in their own way. I'm not really sure what else to say I think this quote says it best. I'm not going to say "why me" or curse what happen because the honest truth is we weren't happy at his job and didn't plan on staying past the end of the year. Things have been crazy there lately. They are downsizing their sales team, even the top sales guy was put on probation. They are now calling it an improvement plan to sound nicer but basically if you have a bad month your done even if you've sold more than half the reps. I know it's weird, even though of course I cried about this, that I couldn't feel better about this. I know that there is something better out there for us and I know I will learn and grow from this experience. We will find a better job that doesn't stress Jeremy out as much.

I know of the few people I have talked to they have asked what they can do. Well here is what you can do. Keep us in your prayers and let us know if there is a job you think Jeremy would be perfect for. Even our Washington friends can help out because you know how much I want to move back to my home town. Other than that don't worry and don't pretend like there is a elephant in the room whenever you see me :).