What in the world?

I try not to panic but it does really seem like the world is going to hell in a hand basket. I'm not totally surprised really, and one of the reasons I was a bit leery of having children was precisely because of the crazy spiral this world is in. Today I heard that the stock markets took a major hit today, falling some 700 points or so each! So what does this mean? Well, I'm no finance expert but it ain't good! I've been having a bad feeling that we are headed into a major recession if not a depression to rival the 1920's. I'm not being a pessimist here, I am really hoping that the gov'ts find a way to avoid a complete crash but judging what happened today, I would have to say that we could be in big trouble. So what does this have to do with my kids? Well, a lot actually! My husband works in the construction business and when the economy goes for a dive, construction is one of the first industries that suffers. He's the sole bread winner of the family, you do the math! I guess all we can do is save our pennies and pray!