Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

journal. We could have sold the house, paid the debt, and never thought about any of this again.”

“But it was a lie, Clara,” I said. “Our grandfather did not name it.”

“I don’t care about the name on a blue can, Martha,” Clara said, her voice cracking as she lifted the second bin into the trunk. “I cared about having a place to live.continue reading …