Just when you think things are going great

The sky opens up and things come crashing down. All in a matter of a couple weeks. My oldest son, Corey (21), who moved up here to go to college, just quit his job. Just when we were finally not paying his way, it begins again. Gas money, insurance, cell phone, walking around money. Hubby's raise wasn't what he expected, promised. He is actually insulted. Younger son in trouble at school, not doing schoolwork, horsing around, 3 day suspension. My oldest daughter, Kristen is back in the hospital. She has an UTI, which moved into her blood-stream. Her doctor called her yesterday with the lab work results and told her to go to hospital. She has bacteria in her blood and is dehydrated. Since she had the bone marrow transplant, her immune system still is not at 100%, so little things can get serious for her. We owe taxes. The first time ever, having to pay. We had taken some money out of David's IRA to live. Paid taxes on that, but the government imposes a 10% penalty as well. This most of all, just &#$%%# me off. It is his money. He did pay taxes on it when he took it out. Why does the government think they deserve any more of it? Because of that, we lost the EIC. David's salary is about 1/3 of what it was in California. Cost of living is less here in Washington, but not 1/3 less. So, we did what we had to do to keep a roof over our head and food on the table. Now we get penalized big time for it. If we had gotten the EIC and no penalty, we would've had a refund of about $3500, now we owe almost $5000. The penalty wasn't that much. It is all because we lost the EIC. I am at a loss as to how we are going to handle this. We live less than paycheck to paycheck. I have already cut the monthly expenses a lot. There is just no more places to take from. I feel like I am in quicksand. Disappearing fast. No rope to grab.

I know we are told God doesn't give us more than we can handle. But, come on, my folder is really, really full.