Hey saw your posts and I just happened to come across your post in my email......the sad thing about your post is that I am a Federal Felon and got home in 2015. Part of my release was to obtain employment immediately so I can become what our country deems a productive member of society? I was able to find a job very easily and quickly. Which I can say was not my dream job nor wages that I could possibly live on being that I owed $12,000 in back child support which came out of my check being paid bi weekly.......so for 80 hours or more working kitchen prep after taxes and child support I was left with $150 for two weeks of work but I had to do what was needed to fulfill my reintroduction to society as they call it.......while I was gone I took a program in the Federal Prison called RDAP......it was a blessing and that may sound off a little......my point is I got the job and while I had the job I still sought out other employment opportunities. It’s easier to find a job when you have one. I have about 20 years of production experience. So as I walked the line stayed focused and remember what the RDAP program had taught me before I got back home to a son who needed his father and I as a father wanted to be the best I could. So before I left To come home it was ingrained into my head and every one else that was heading back by the counselors. To be prepared for a million NO’s before I get that YES.....I was then hired onto a warehouse shipping and receiving job with higher wages......thought it would make difference in my financial status. WRONG!! Child support was still killing me and even though I know of ways to provide a life style that would be very substantial........but my time which was only 5 years away had changed me. The program changed me. Not only me but the way I thought and felt emotionally, physically and mentally....before I left I had a job at Kellogs production factory which after a year there I was bringing home close to $2100 a week. All health benefits paid for by the company.......so imagine bringing home that kind of money after taxes which I was paid weekly and all of a sudden in a blink of an eye it was over because of foolish mistakes I made in my life.......So now home and contious progress after working in the warehouse for a couple years I finally got a job with a company that pays just as well money wise and health benefits.......and I’m still continually seeking out new, different and excellerating job opportunities........I don’t ever write on blogs I see about people not able to find jobs opportunities when there are jobs out there....it may not be the one you hoped for or your dream job but some money is always gonna be better then no money.......A wise man said “Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will open. Ask and it will be given” Don’t give up!!! I think it was a Rocky movie......when he’s fighting out in the street against Tommy Guns. Rocky gets back up and says “I didn’t hear no bell?” So the fight was still on and was not over. It’s not your fault if you get knocked down......but it is your fault if you so shall choose to not get back up or just plain stay down.......Good Luck on your journey. Your hunt. Skip all the BS and do as a respectable mother. A loving mother would do.....Stand back up. One foot in front of the other each day and never live anymore then one day at a time. Cause you can’t live no more then that. Tomorrow will take care of it’s self........all I have said in time will show all who you are and define your character......and with all that you’ll see not only doors but windows as well that will open for you for......which leaves you with the greatest gift we all have in this country and life. FREE WILL........