Bad things happen in life, baby. Stuff that comes straight out of left field and drops you like a left hook from Joe Louis. So when life hits, hit back ... harder. Let's look at the latest Sara Evans news. Her hub does some bad stuff and basically tears the family apart, see? Myself, I'd like to get him in a back alley for five minutes. But what's the country-singing dame doing? Going on with Sara Evans, dancing star. She's joining the tour for Dancing with the Stars; getting back on the horse and back in the game.

It ain't easy. It sure ain't pretty. But life happens to all of us joes and jills, jack. So what happens when you have that job loss, car wreck, illness or death in the family? You deal with it and go on. For the minor stuff, have an emergency fund. For the major stuff, have nerves of steel. You hear about this on The Dave Ramsey Show all the time. Learn how to get out of debt; that'll take a lot of stress off the family. For the rest ... suck it up and move out.