I Was 26 When I Bought My First Home—and That’s When Everything Changed

and started researching eviction procedures. I’d had enough. I wasn’t going to be treated like an outsider in my own home, in the house that I paid for entirely on my own.

Within an hour, I had the eviction documents prepared. I printed two sets—one for Jessica and Eric, and one for my parents. It felt surreal, almost like an out-of-body experience,continue reading …