New Things

The new year is now well under way, and now I find myself having to sit down and take inventory of my life so far. So many things have happened the last year, many of which brought life changing experiences along with them. We re-located to New York city, in hopes of finding a better way for my young adult daughters, who where having a difficult time at finding jobs. Both freshly out of High School and college, they were about to get the rudest awakening of their lives.

Beaufort SC is a very laid back place, unlike the hurry worry setting of a big city such as New york. The people are very friendly, and everyone knows each other. The job market is slow, but cost of living is so much lower than New York, it's as if you are in another country all together. Apartments and real estate is so much more affordable in Beaufort.

Well, after being here for six months, all my younger daughter could find was a part time job at a department store. This was devastating, since she came out of college with a Bachelors degree. She ended up having to take the job because we needed the income. We now find that coming here was one of the biggest mistakes we ever could have made.

So now, after wasting much time and money, we find ourselves preparing to go back to where we came from, and learning in a huge way, that the grass is not always greener on the other side.

I have also come to realize that this in not only our story, but also the story of countless of Americans who have been affected by the troubles of our rapidly failing economy. We are now having to start a new, and sometimes, new things can be very frightening.

Nevertheless, we are going ahead with our plans, because we must move past this situation, and get on with our lives. So even tho we have been set back some, the human will is to persevere, and that we will do. We will go on, to new things.

LionofJuda