Tag: single mom
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Funeral Director OR Accountant
When I was a little girl, in the early eighties, I believed women could be three things. Secretaries, nurses, or teachers. That was the whole list, as far as I knew. Then one day my grandparents took me along to their accountant’s office. I don’t remember why I was with them or what the visit…
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Boring Money
Somewhere around late elementary and middle school, my kids started asking for cash and gift cards. I understood it. That’s the age where they know exactly what they want and would rather pick it out themselves. But I hated it. Handing a kid an envelope of money felt like the most boring thing a person…
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Handled
My son felt he was given too much responsibility as a kid. That he had to watch his sisters, that too much was put on him too young. When I found out, I wasn’t angry the way I might have expected to be. I was blindsided. Because the whole time, I thought I had it…
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What They Wanted Me to Do
By the time we got engaged, I was already trying to find my way out. I didn’t intend to go through with it. I could see him clearly enough by then, the controlling streak, the way the temperature of a room changed around him, and something in me knew. But we were already living together,…
