Several months ago, I ran across Jost Lunstrom's website "I had a great future behind me." I left a comment on a post he made about some of his experiences he had while interviewing for jobs. On a recent visit to his website, I read about an article written about him in Texas Monthly.
This winter, as headlines around the country trumpeted the comeback of the economy, 47-year-old Jost Lunstroth entered his eighth month without a job. Like thousands of other formerly successful Texans, he's found himself mired and humiliated in the harrowing new world of unemployment— with no end in sight....
Jost's state of affairs struck him as not just nonsensical but incomprehensible. He was a white male, 47, who had voted, in equal measure, for Republicans and Democrats. Until last year, he and his wife brought in a combined income in the low six figures, which allowed them to settle, with their children, into a nice home in a nice Houston neighborhood.
I'm stuck with two thoughts after reading it: 1) Jost sounds like a great father, and his connection with his kids makes me want to work at being a better father; and 2) The jobs we have, and the houses we live in, and the schools we send our kids to, are all great blessings. I shouldn't take them so much for granted.
Thanks for mentioning Jost Lunstrom's blog.
I would have never found it, otherwise.
It's a great read--lots of things there.
Posted by: Retro Girl | Thursday, February 12, 2004 at 09:33 AM