I love my mom and dad, and I knew they were going through some rough times.
What I didn’t know was that they needed someplace to live.
They had been given six weeks to move out of their house, because they were being evicted by the government. Mom and dad had held out as long as they could to keep the house, but eventually they couldn’t. They had paid their taxes in years, and it caught up with them. When I talked to my husband, he frowned. He couldn’t believe I thought I had to ask if my parents could live with us. He said they were always welcome and he was glad we had just remodeled the basement. We were thinking it would make a nice apartment for our daughter. Now, it was going to be an apartment for my parents. When I talked to mom and dad, mom told me they would love to live in our basement, but it had to have new HVAC. I couldn’t believe she said that until she told me why. She said the last time they were there, they were sleeping in the basement on the pullout. It was so humid down there, they felt like they had to take a shower several times throughout the night. I told her it had been remodeled and there was a new HVAC system, and a brand new full bath. She thanked me for the invitation but thought she should refuse, but she really had no other choice. She told me what was going on with their house, and said we were their saving grace.