Cast your cares on Him

This has been a rather rough week for our family. Tuesday morning Walmart Home Office cut close to 800 jobs. Phillip was responsible for running prompter for multiple meetings that day that were informing 200-250 people at a time that their jobs were being eliminated effective immediately. As you can imagine these meetings were packed full of emotion and a sense of helplessness. At 2:30 that afternoon he was finally informed that he would be staying with the company but that 15 people from his department would be losing their jobs. Several of these were very close friends to Phillip. The past year we have felt very secure and have not been impacted by the failing economy living in the home town of the worlds largest retailer. This situation has really hit us hard. As you can imagine there are now 800 people in our area without employment and it will be very hard for them to find jobs without having to relocate.

I have been struggling to function in full capacity. I have very little energy and the thought of food makes me queasy. My house is starting to see the effects of it too, which drives me crazy! Ashlyn has been such a good girl and plays contently, unfortunately she has been allowed to watch more cartoons and videos that I would normally allow. She is consumed with putting her own clothes on. She is especially proud that she can take her pants on and off. She has been going to her room and changing her pants multiple times a day. Some of these pants are coming out of her dresser drawer, the others come out of the laundry hamper. Oh well, whatever keeps her out of trouble right now is fine by me!