Not Ready for This

Half damaged theKid. Not intentionally.  Not permanently.  No visit to the ER/urgent care (yaaaaay insurance!)  theKid’s fine. But still. Half owned the damage, claimed total fault, made apologies, hugs all around. But still. Children are completely at the mercy of their parents.  Unless/until the damage is bad enough for the state to step in, children …

Can’t Afford v Can’t Pay

Methinks I should fully acknowledge that without Half and steady income, homelessness (houselessness? unhousedness?) is a very real possibility.  There was some statistic somewhere that claimed nearly half of Americans are a single paycheck away from the street. Really?  Just one? Not quite there yet … got some assets to pawn, some goods to hock, …