When I Told Grandma Ruth My College Fund Was Only $214 She Asked What Channel My Mom Watches at Six

say it again. She did, and the number was the same the second time, and I thanked her and walked out through the glass doors into the July heat and sat in my car in the parking lot for a while without starting it.

The account had held $184,200 four months before. I knew this because my grandmother had sent me a letter in March, as she sent me a letter continue reading …