My husband and I have been together since September of 2006. We lived in Florida, but we were not doing well financially after I had our first child. I was not working and it is expensive to live there. My husband is from Virginia and his parents are here. My mom and step-dad were in Florida, but he was also from Virginia. They decided to move to Virginia and was only about 45 minutes from my husbands family. It seemed a bit like fate that we also move to Virginia. So we packed up our one room apartment into our car and off we went!
We had a little money and figured we would be fine until my husband found a job. Ahh to be young and hopeful! So here we are, living with my mom and step-dad. I found out I was pregnant again a few weeks after we got there. We did not really plan. Something that I am generally obsessed with. What happened instead was four years of unemployment and living with my family and my husbands family. Then my husband found a job!! We were SO excited! We thought... this was it! We would finally be able to build a life here on our own with our children. However, we just did not have enough money. We would not have enough money to live on our own again until 3 promotions and almost 4 years later. It happened!
So now here we are. In our own home, with our own things, with our growing children! It is amazing. We have become new people, new parents, the people we always knew were in there. We went from agonizing over making a checkout line purchase because we could not afford it to being ok, even comfortable. We were able to give our son, and soon our other son, a birthday party!?! Who are we? We are now the people who throw birthday parties, buy a new piece of furniture that we need, have a pizza and movie night, and plant flowers in the front yard. A flat tire will no longer put us into financial ruin. It is amazing. We have never been in this position. It's great! So here's to our first year of freedom. Many more to come!!
We had a little money and figured we would be fine until my husband found a job. Ahh to be young and hopeful! So here we are, living with my mom and step-dad. I found out I was pregnant again a few weeks after we got there. We did not really plan. Something that I am generally obsessed with. What happened instead was four years of unemployment and living with my family and my husbands family. Then my husband found a job!! We were SO excited! We thought... this was it! We would finally be able to build a life here on our own with our children. However, we just did not have enough money. We would not have enough money to live on our own again until 3 promotions and almost 4 years later. It happened!
So now here we are. In our own home, with our own things, with our growing children! It is amazing. We have become new people, new parents, the people we always knew were in there. We went from agonizing over making a checkout line purchase because we could not afford it to being ok, even comfortable. We were able to give our son, and soon our other son, a birthday party!?! Who are we? We are now the people who throw birthday parties, buy a new piece of furniture that we need, have a pizza and movie night, and plant flowers in the front yard. A flat tire will no longer put us into financial ruin. It is amazing. We have never been in this position. It's great! So here's to our first year of freedom. Many more to come!!
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