The World of “Lost” Jobs

A friend of mine lost his job a few days ago.  He’s not a close friend, more of an acquaintance, but my heart aches for him anyway.  I lost my job once, almost four years ago.  It still hurts to think about it, although not as much and I don’t think of it as often. I was working as a teacher.  It was my very first classroom all to myself; I’d been working as an