Can of worms...

If you feel so inclined go HERE and read all the responses. She posed a very simple question and got a lot of real and raw responses. For me, it was a cold dose of reality. You hear so much about the economy on the news. I kind of chalked it all up to a lot of fear mongering from the media. However, here are nearly 200 stories of real people facing real challenges.

I could easily have added our own story. We are doing well financially at the moment. But that doesn't mean we haven't been or won't be touched again. Nothing is really secure. Those 200 stories are a slice of American life right now.

We've had our own losses and have watched family members struggle.

On a side and completely unrelated note: My Mom told me she saw on the news that West Virginia is the unhappiest state in the nation. I know a lot of West Virginians and I can't really say they are any more unhappy than anyone else. Go figure.