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

to make unnecessary. It was also entirely mine, built from my own effort in a way that the fund, through no fault of my grandmother’s intention, had never quite been, because money that someone else has saved for you exists in a different category than money you have earned for yourself.

I thought about this sometimes in the way you think about uncomfortable continue reading …