Cathy's Turning Leaves

It’s funny how a random memory will pop into your head out of nowhere.   Everyone has bad things to say about greedy oil companies, but here is a 100% true story.   My mother had had a Texaco credit card for at least 30 years, and had always paid the bill off every month.   She was 59 when my step father died, and wouldn’t be able to get Social Security until she was 60. She had no income, but still had to be able to get to doctor appointments. So she used her Texaco card to get gas as needed, but the bills started piling up, unpaid.  …