When my husband lost his job in the middle of a tech layoff wave, we thought it would be a short detour. Instead, it became the beginning of a full-blown midlife reset—complete with financial pressure, identity shifts, unexpected medical bills, and a crumbling house foundation. This blog is our raw, unfiltered story of navigating it all. It’s not polished. It’s not tied up with a bow. But it’s real—and maybe that’s exactly what someone else out there needs to hear right now.