They were supposed to decide by the end of this week about the job that Wood is going after. Our family really needs this. Please pray that we he hear positive news. We didn't expect to be without a job this long. It's been a LONG 5 months, and his unemployment ends in a few weeks, unless the unemployment extension that congress is debating about goes through. Michigan has the highest unemployment in the nation, and in the area where we live, it's 9.8%.
Oldest daughter M, age 21, is talking about taking a semester off in the fall to take a "break", but I believe she's just responding to our situation. I don't know how we're going to help out son B, age 19, as he also has room and board costs at his school. We only help with their costs, but they can't do it without us pitching in. Financial aid calculations don't give an accurate picture of our family's circumstances - they use last year's tax numbers, and Wood was employed until December. So it will be another year before they qualify for any meaningful aid.
Add all that to the fact that I now feel we should have publically and loudly challenged the racial discrimination that caused this situation. There was so much on our plates at the time, especially with my diagnosis, it clouded my judgement.
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