May 15
You can manage without a telephone, she would say. You can take the bus and get by without a car. But you can’t live comfortably if you don’t have a roof over your head. Big Mama always made sure she paid her mortgage — and on time.
Thankfully, Big Mama, who raised me, never had to skip payment on another bill to cover her mortgage. If it had come to that, there’s no question which bill would have been paid first.
via washingtonpost.com.
