Here's some of the changes in our life over the past year:
- About a year ago today, Dustin's position at Bear Creek Ranch in Montana was eliminated...talk about a life changer! We lost our livelihood and would be losing the place we called home, too. Dustin's father also lost his job the same day for the same reason.
- Then not long after that we found out the new edition to our family that we'd been so excited about was gone. On March 12th last year we found out our little baby I was carrying had stopped growing. What more can I say other than miscarriage is heartbreaking.
- Dustin got a temporary job while we were still in Montana. He built and repaired fencing. We were thankful for that job while it lasted.
- We moved back to Idaho at the beginning of May. Dustin still remained in Montana through May working the temporary fencing job. I am very thankful that we moved so close to my parents during this time.
- Dustin came back home the end of May and found a job at the beginning of June with a farmer. He'd worked with this farmer in the past so we thought this job would 'work out.' Dustin worked for this farmer for 8 long months. He worked many many long hours to only have to practically beg for a paycheck when payday came around. Each and every time payday arrived we never received a check on time. Along with that problem, Dustin had to deal with working at a disorganized operation which was not easy.
- Dustin had continued to look for work off and on while working for the above mentioned farmer. Well, he had an interview with another farmer at the end of January. The very next day after the interview his current boss let him go. He told Dustin he was reorganizing his employees and wouldn't need Dustin anymore. And, Dustin's last day was Jan. 31st! That didn't give us much time to find something else!
- Then Dustin got offered the job by the second farmer and we hoped this would be a better situation. But after 2 weeks of being hounded every day with impatience and too high of expectations, Dustin quit this new farming job on Feb. 15th.
- We went two weeks(almost) with Dustin not working. Thankfully we'd sold Dustin's pickup and had money leftover from buying the Expedition to help get us through this time or I don't know what we'd have done.
- Now Dustin is working for a new farmer in Murtaugh and this one seems to be 'the one.' He's worked 3 days and he's come home satisfied and happy each day. I am happy that he is happy with his new job. Let's hope and pray it remains this way!
- Last week we received a bill in the mail regarding my miscarriage...well, it upset me quite a lot since it's been almost a year now and we certainly didn't need another bill to pay. We thankfully got everything straightened away with it and now we don't owe that particular bill. I called the company about the bill and was put on hold a few times through the conversation. When the customer service lady got back on the phone telling me that we didn't have to worry about this bill any longer and that they'd take care of it--I was speechless and crying, of course! I believe there's angels watching out for us all the time they just show themselves in unusual ways and I am ever so thankful.
You know I think life throws us all these curve balls to help mold us into better people. Life is a learning process and our little Child family had learned A LOT in the past year. We've learned that we need to stick together and be there for each other to make it work. We've learned that LOVE is a big part of the answer in solving problems that arise. We've learned that giving hugs or loves and saying "I love you" is important to do all the time. We've learned that communication is vital in everything. And, most of all we've learned that we want our family to be a Child family forever, so we've got to do our best to work together to make it stick together always and forever!
Love,
--Shelly
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