Yikes, Mary, I'm sorry that you and your family are going through such a hard time.
It does seem like a cruel joke that your husband is getting a job in Chicago, the place you recently moved from and miss so much. Life certainly does have a way of kicking you in the ass like that. I feel for your son because he's so young at this point and all those changes must confuse the hell out of him.
The most I can say is not to stop hoping for things to get better. I'm sure they will get better eventually, but you just have to hang in there until they do. Once you're on stable financial ground and you're family is all together, things are bound to shape up. Hang in there.
