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

that morning, the legal pad and the manila folder and the question she had asked on the phone the night before in that unhurried, controlled voice. What channel does your mother watch at six. A question that only made sense if you understood what she was building toward, which I had not, entirely, until the segment ran and the phones started going continue reading …