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My husband and I have been married 29 years. We have had many ups and downs as most couples do. We started our married life with no honeymoon to celebrate our new beginning. We promised we each we would make up for it on our 25th anniversary. Unfortunately that didn't happen. We lost my mother-in-law and we just couldn't leave the family at such a time. A year later was the same thing. I lost my dad. We were beginning to think it just wasn't meant to be.

During this time, my husband also lost his job after 35 years due to a plant closure. He took no time for himself to figure out what he was going to do. Fortunately, he was able to get another job for 2 1/2 years, only to go through another plant closure. Unfortunately my husband isn't getting any younger and with company policies changing, no one would hire him due to the fact that he wasn't a young man with an education. When he got his first factory job, he was a young farm boy with no education because he was caring for his family. After the second plant closure, my husband went back to school and studied to receive his high school diploma only to be turned down again for many jobs. He has since started working as a sub contractor, trying desperately to get his life back on line. This whole scenario has been very difficult for him.

His dream has been to have a belated honeymoon with me (30 years in March 2007)and take his family to Disneyland to enjoy with our children and 2 grandsons. He has gone through many emotional setbacks due to the misfortune he has gone through and he feels bad he hasn't been able to come through with his promise to his children and his grandsons not to mention myself. We all realize but he feels as a man he has become a failure to his family and wife not being able to provide for us the last few years. This is a case where our love, support and patience has attempted to keep the head of our household strong. I believe he is stronger for what he has had to deal with but he still wants to make it up to his family for being as supportive as we were. On the other hand, we feel he needs a vacation to congratulate him for going as far as he has and to continue on with his life.

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