uncertainty

Uncertainty.....

its a truth and fact right now in my life. As many of you know, the hubster and I got our fabulous pink slips....sadly, this my third year in a row getting it, while this is Shannon’s first. Unfortunately, hubster and I entered the teacher world right as it was crashing. To make a long story extremely short, the teacher world has suffered tremendously due to lack of funding plus many other wonderful things, and it has affected virtually everyone in California and sadly, has only gotten worse as the years have gone by. The last three years, at least for me, has been a lot of uncertainty, whether or not I was going to have a job at the end of the year, etc. A lot of turmoil within all California districts has been going on and a lot of fabulous and amazing teachers have been "pink slipped”. God has been INSANELY good, as he is all the time, and has provided a job every year. Now it comes to the time where Shannon and I don't know what is ahead of us. Like the rest of the world, we have a mortgage, bills and other fun grown up stuff that require moolah. A bit of a scary thought.

What is my attitude about it? Well, I just feel overwhelmed. I think 85% of me is somewhat at peace-ish (as much as one can be during this time) but the rest of me is scared. Another part of me laughs at that, because as mentioned earlier, God is good ALL THE TIME. Even if I don't get it or it’s not the way I have planned things, he seems to always have some uncanny way of having way better ideas and plans for me and the rest of the world. I keep telling myself no matter the circumstances, Shannon and I have no choice but to make it work with what we have, as so many people have to do. I also try to remember that we are truly blessed in many ways. I guess besides praying, there isn't much more to do but to sit back and enjoy the ride.

-Potter's Wife

p.s. if you can though, please pray for us and the many teachers that have been "slipped"