Your life is perfect!
You have a gorgeous home, smart, beautiful children and an admiring, handsome husband too. Your spouse has a terrific job with a great salary that allows for you to be the stay-at-home mom focused on the kids and home.
What more could a gal ask for?
Until one day your husband comes home with bad news. The company is closing the branch where he has worked the past 10 years. He has now joined millions of others in the unemployed ranks.
Your world just came crashing down around you. You and your husband talk to the kids and reassure them that things will be okay. Inside though, you both wonder how you can make it work. Your monthly expenses will eat up your savings quick. What are you going to do?
Since the beginning of time the man has been the primary or sole family provider. He hunted and he fished to feed his family. As time evolved he became the bread winner by going to work while the wife stayed home and took care of the kids and the house.
Then as World War II called men to serve, the women of the house had to get out and take jobs. Not only for income purposes to support their families, but to keep the country going too.
So as history has proven, women are strong and resilient. Women can and have provided for their families. We are the backbone of our families. So what are you going to do?
You will find a paying job!
Maybe you haven’t worked since the kids were born, but regardless of how much education you have, you have a lot of skills and plenty of talent. Most importantly, you are a strong and independent woman!
So you don’t have a resume?
Now is the time to take a pen and paper then start listing your skills and talents. List the things you have been doing for the past ten years. Maybe you are a soccer mom who assists the coach with administrative duties such as collecting money for trophies, coordinate the snack schedule with the other parents or the travel arrangements for away games.
Does your child’s school hold an annual fundraiser that you participate in? Perhaps you volunteer in the office or assist teachers in the classroom. List what activities you performed during those times and put a job skill label to each one of them.
Another big issue at hand though is the family finances. If your husband was the sole bread winner, he may have paid the bills and kept tabs on the family’s finances. Do you know when the bills are due or where to mail them?
Maybe all the bills are paid online or by automatic draft from the checking account. If you don’t know, it’s time for you to get in there with your husband and get yourself informed. After all, earning the supporting income has just become your responsibility. You should know how it’s being spent too.
Yes, your life was picture perfect and comfortable just last month. Things change though and YOU lady have it in you to do whatever it takes to keep your family happy, healthy and secure.
You will find comfort again … it’s just with a different approach gals!
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