The following is a tragic story–and hits a little too close to home. A Californian couple committed suicide after killing all their children–why? Because both the mother and the father had lost their jobs and they didn’t see any way to make it through the situation.

Although I’ve been without a job and know how to survive in dire circumstances (thus would never turn to suicide), I most definitely know that feeling of out of control desperation that this couple must have felt. Like so many other people out there, paying bills is a struggle in this economic time-to the point I’ve had to decide between food to feed my family and pay off utilities.

It’s time for Congress to *forget* about the companies and businesses and start paying attention to the people that are employing them and elected them into office. We all need help–but that doesn’t seem to matter, even in the worst of cases.

May this family rest in peace.