I knew something was “off” when my husband came home early from work unexpectedly. His face and body language told me it was something bad. I thought he was ill, or maybe a fender bender on the way home. Then he uttered the words I never expected. “Business is slow. They just laid a bunch of us off”. My husband was the bread winner. He made good money. His salary paid the bills, the mortgage, and his job covered our family in healthcare benefits. I worked in Early childhood education. I loved my job but it couldn’t pay all of the bills alone and there was absolutely no way I could cover the...