I am 29. I have three kids. My husband left two years ago and moved into a clean new life with someone who did not have to watch him disappoint anybody first.
I was managing. Barely. Then my youngest got sick.
So I took out the last thing I had that mattered.
I took out one loan. Then another. I told myself I was buying time.
Last month, I got laid off over the phone.
« We’re downsizing, » my manager said.
She was not.
They did not.