JtS worked very hard to get where he was when I met him. And at that time, he was earning more than $100,000 a year. These days he is working even harder than he was then... lately he's been putting in fifteen hour days in a new kind of work he's trying out. Somtimes, no matter how hard you work, things just don't go your way. And it might take us some time to get back on our feet again and figure out what is the best thing for us to be doing. But the people who are capable and resourceful, and not afraid of being made fun of for living within their means... those are the ones who can hold their heads up and feel good about themselves no matter what.

And it was JtS' resourcefulness that has enabled us to get by while we work on establishing ourselves in our new kinds of work. He was wise and smart enough to save a lot of money while he was still working with computer software. I've very proud to be married to someone as resourceful, intelligent, and competent as he is.