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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2795339, member: 10461&quot;]<i><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diggers-diary-flashback-i-call-this-one-the-coin-1998.287817/">I Call This One &#039;THE&#039; Coin</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Diggers%20Diary/1012888923087_thecoin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That story tells how that coin played a tiny part in my own new beginning (which was a reboot after <i>my</i> life had come crashing down in pieces three years before).</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=29452]@Silverhouse[/USER] - I&#039;ve hit rocks in the road before myself.&nbsp; Sometimes the rocks were boulders.&nbsp; Sometimes they landed on top of me.&nbsp; Sometimes I foolishly beat my own head upon them.&nbsp; So I can sympathize all too well with your woes.&nbsp; Between 1994 and 1996 I faced de facto bankruptcy, lived in a house with the utilities shut off after my (then-) wife left and took our son (before the house itself was foreclosed upon by the bank), I lost a couple of jobs, got a divorce, then finally had to give up in NC and left for GA, where I had to move in with my father and stepmother at the age of 30.&nbsp; Those are only <i>some</i> of the challenges I faced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor can I claim it was my own strength of character that got me through.&nbsp; Family was a godsend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep your chin up, man.&nbsp; I&#039;ll say a short prayer for you.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may be a single father, but though that&#039;s challenging, at least you <i>have</i> that opportunity.&nbsp; After the geographic separation I mentioned, my ex-wife remarried and took the opportunity to sever my five-year-old son from me and my family completely.&nbsp; We would not see him again until he grew up. </p><p><br /></p><p>So at least you&#039;ve got that.</p><p><br /></p><p>New beginnings are chaotic and often painful.&nbsp; But they&#039;re worth it in the long run.&nbsp; Stay the course, weather the storms, and destiny will likely steer you into safe harbor on other shores one day.</p><p><br /></p><p>A new life often turns out better than the old one would have been.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got laid of in the 2008 recession, it was tough, but since I had been through much worse experiences 12-13 years earlier, I survived that OK, too.&nbsp; In fact, I retrained in my career field, and am today in a position I&#039;m much happier to work in than the one I was let go from in 2008.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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