Back Beat

I remember being afraid.

Afraid of what was going to happen next. Afraid of not being able to land on my feet. Afraid of how my 20-month-old son would look at me. Would he know that his mom lost something? Does that make his mommy a loser?

Sure, I hated the job. I was chained to a desk for eight hours a day, taking call after call, getting yelled at by doctors and mental health professionals about a patient's particular health insurance policy. It wasn't my fault that the plan didn't cover chiropractors but the blame was all mine.

Yes, it was not my ideal career. It was a job to have a job. But, if ever there was a time to be without one, now was not this time.

I lost my temporary position at Blue Cross Blue Sheild in June after being there for one year. I started this blog in hopes of developing a dialogue on this absolute recession and how people are dealing. Is relief on its way? Will the unemployable and discarded bounce back? And, more importantly, is the government coming up with the correct solutions to better the whole situation?

Stay tuned.