It Will Get Better by Stella Gibney

Author:Stella Gibney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BIO026000, book
ISBN: 9781743434949
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2014-05-22T16:00:00+00:00

Three months later, we were living in Brisbane. At first we thought we had made a terrible mistake because Kieran couldn’t get a job and had to apply for the dole. Financially we were going backwards, then the Queensland Government introduced a joint housing scheme that enabled us to move into our own home. The initiative was introduced for low income earners who didn’t have the full deposit or ability to repay a full mortgage, and with our remaining cash we were able to put down a small deposit. It was my dream house: a modern, high-set home at the end of a cul-de-sac with an outdoor spa and barbecue area. It was all I had ever hoped for—a comfortable home we could raise our family in.

We enrolled Josh in kindy at a small local Christian school and we started going to a local church, Gateway Baptist, where we made a few good friends. Everything seemed to be perfect, apart from the fact that Kieran and I were still arguing. He hadn’t been able to find a job, so the only alternative was for me to go back to work. I really didn’t want to, but we were starting to fall behind in our mortgage repayments. Within a few weeks I had secured a job as an area sales executive for a local newspaper, the Reporter. It was a tough sell as the retail market was slow and I had targets to achieve. I also hated not being at home for the boys. It broke my heart leaving them every morning. We asked my mum to come and live with us for a few months to help out while I worked, which was both a blessing and difficult at the same time.

Unfortunately, as hard as we tried, we couldn’t get ourselves out of the financial slump. A few weeks later we drove to Melbourne and stayed with friends, hoping to talk through a few things to try and make sense of our situation. We went to church on the Sunday and after the service we were chatting with friends in the foyer when one of the youth pastors approached us and asked if we had considered applying for the role of house parents for the halfway house. ‘You guys would be great at that.’

The role of house parents was to get the ‘adopted’ kids up in the morning, care for them, and nurture them just as parents would. We made an appointment to see the pastor and within a few days of returning to Brisbane we received a letter of acceptance for the role. We were both excited about the year ahead; we knew we would face plenty of challenges but we were sure it was the right thing to do.

It was actually a relief to sell our share of the house back to the government. The burden of debt was gone. We were back in Melbourne within a few weeks.

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