When I lost my job after 28 years I was stunned for awhile. However, my husband retired from his and we took off for France with our 11 year old daughter for a year. We lived frugally while there but it was well worth it as she learned to speak French in no time.
It turned out that losing my job was probably the best thing that could have happened because I always wanted to live overseas. I would never have had the nerve to quit my job in order to do it.
When life hands you lemons....................
How terrible of you to turn adversity into opportunity, and to rejoice in the midst of hardship. Don’t you know you are supposed to beg, plead, and fight for things to remain exactly as they are? You terrible, disruptive woman! /s