The betrayal hit harder than the slap. I had raised David alone after his father abandoned us. I’d worked double shifts at a diner, sacrificing everything for him. The house they were standing in? I’d given them twenty thousand dollars from my own savings for the down payment. “I’ve been paying rent here for two… CONTINUE READING »
“Then why do you need my fifty thousand dollars for a cruise?” David finally looked at me, his eyes cold with a resentment I’d never seen before. “Because we deserve it, Mom. We work hard. We’ve earned a luxury vacation.” “With my money?” I asked. “Money you’re just hoarding anyway!” Lilia snapped. “What are you… CONTINUE READING »
I stood on shaky legs, gathering my purse. “I’ll pack my things.” “Good,” Lilia said, settling onto the couch with a satisfied smirk. As I walked toward the stairs, David’s voice stopped me. “Mom, wait.” A flicker of hope ignited in my chest. “That fifty thousand, plus whatever else you’ve got saved… I’m going to… CONTINUE READING »
It’s true that there are positive uses for the internet. Consider the case of Kelli Tarin. She went to Facebook for assistance after discovering what might be a pest problem. Thousands of comments were left for the mother of three, expressing everything from a desire to offer assistance to a simple want to be informed… CONTINUE READING »
Tarin sent a request for assistance from other members of the Homemaking Tips Facebook group in August 2023. She had just moved into a rental home in west Texas with her family when they came onto something that made her call the landlord and every pest control business she could think of all the time…. CONTINUE READING »
Facebook/Kelli Tarin Many people were drawn to her article and tried to help her with her issue. Put a camera up and see how it’s getting there,”one person suggested. “I can’t really tell but I’m being so honest if there little ‘flying ants’ their a type of termites. I had them in my first house… CONTINUE READING »
Another individual, meanwhile, merely remarked that it was “rat poop.” Tarin revised her initial post in response to the numerous suggestions that people kept making. She said that she would not be allowing her kid to sleep in her bedroom for the time being. “We called TWO pest control companies yesterday. Literally BOTH of them said… CONTINUE READING »
Tarin rationally explained why it wasn’t any of the potential pests as she went through the list, which included mice, roaches, and bats. Despite finding mice to be “believable” as the culprits, she was aware that the brown particles in the piles were not mouse droppings. She got pest treatment and her landlord came out to her… CONTINUE READING »
I always thought opening the bakery I’d dreamed of forever would be the happiest chapter of my life — until my husband’s kin started treating it like their own free buffet. Day after day, they swooped in and grabbed treats without dropping a dime… and my husband just stood by, doing nothing. I held my… CONTINUE READING »
I’d gazed at that name countless times, but it still felt like a dream. I slid my key into the lock. The door swung wide, and I flipped on the lights with that same bubbly thrill I’d felt every morning for the past three weeks. Then I glanced at the display case — and my… CONTINUE READING »