The $60 Washing Machine That Changed Everything I Thought About Being Broke

thoughtfully. “Because you did the right thing.”

“I guess so,” I said.

Milo tugged on my shirt. “Can we have pancakes? To celebrate not going to jail?”

I laughed, the tension finally breaking. “Absolutely. Pancakes for everyone.”

Later that morning, after breakfast and after starting a load of laundry in the washing machine that had started this whole continue reading …