My mother-in-law pointed at the door during New Year’s dinner and snapped, **“If you don’t like my rules, get out!”** – Welcome

new apartment at exactly the time she couldn’t prove current employment.

Deposit.

First month’s rent.

Moving expenses.

No current paycheck.

One problem collided with another until the numbers stopped working.

By December, she and Laya were staying in temporary family housing while Monica applied for jobs and tried to keep her daughter in the same school.continue reading …