You know all of this has taught me to be thankful for what I have, we are not well off by any means, and sometimes I feel fed up with it all the struggling one has to do, but when this happened it was a huge blow, and now I feel RICH in every way, and appreciate more what I actually have.

I too cannot believe how our lives changed in one day and then again the next, unbelievable, what actually happened was it was two people from Auckland who came down and told Steve the bad news, but yesterday the man who actually owns the business came down, and steve approached him, his response was well it is not cast in stone you know, and then all his work-mates stuck up for him saying they could not see how the business could function well without Steve as he played a real important role and they all needed him, isn't that fantastic, until then Steve had real no idea how well thought of he was by his work-mates.

Funny thing is I found a great job for Steve to apply for on the internet, and he is seriously thinking of applying, and why not he really owes them no loyalty after this episode IMO, if it pays better and he is offered it , he will take it, it is similar to his present job, but they are looking for someone with mechanical experience, hello he is a qualified Mechanical Engineer, so we shall see the outcome, also we are going to end up with a bit more in our pocket next pay, as the old firm are paying out holiday pay, and then he will still get his holidays this year as well, so all in all we are going to be better off now, and he may not even loose the use of the company van either, this is so weird how things are turning out, all I can say too it is indeed a miracle.,and I feel so blessed.