My Dad Said the House I Paid $150,000 Toward “Belonged to the Family,” but the County Records Told a Different Story

Those Keys Don’t Open Anything Here

My name is Margot Ellison.

I want to start with the house, because the house is the part that seems simple from the outside and was not simple at all, and understanding why it was not simple requires understanding what preceded it.

I am thirty-seven years old and I grew up in a family where love was not in question continue reading …