My Sister’s Husband
One summer, while I was enjoying my summer break from junior college, and still living at home at my mother’s house, my sister Nancy and her husband Tom moved in with us. Tom was laid off from his job at the canning factory, and my sister was a full-time college student. They were broke, and had to stay in our large five-bedroom family home until Tom found another steady job. I was excited about having other people around the house to help my mother and me out with the chores. The house was too big for the two of us to keep up, and the grounds (3 acres) constantly required attention. My mother would not give up the house after my father died, vowing to keep it as the family home for future generations. Nancy, …