Uphill, Both Ways

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During one of the tightest and most uncertain periods of our life — not the worst, which was when older son was born, Dan lost his job and there was nothing around that even resembled what he used to do but not very far off — we were talking to an old friend who had invited us to dinner, and we were talking about a lot of our circle caught in the same vise-grip.

“I’m not worried about you two,” our friend said.  “You’re the luckiest people I know.  You’ll fall on your feet.”

This made us sta...