While I Was at Lunch With My Daughter My Neighbor Called and Asked Why Someone Was Loading Boxes From My House

gone through my files with enough comfort to take their time.

I opened the cabinet and found the folder labeled property documents. It was too light.

The original deed was gone. The title insurance was gone. The home equity line of credit paperwork that Catherine and I had paid off completely fifteen years earlier was gone. In their place was a single continue reading …