Too broke to go home: how my college debt hinders the holidays
I moved my husband and son to Oklahoma so I could pursue a PhD in English, but now I can’t afford to see my family for Christmas. Is all this worth it?
As the heartache sank in, I stared out the back window at mounds of leaves littering the ground, accepting the finality of my decision. I grabbed my husband, Nick, and our two-year-old son, Bennett, and we got into my 1995 Jeep to head to a Christmas tree farm. I had accepted that I couldn’t afford to spend Christmas with my extended family, but without question, I was making sure the three of us had a tree.
As Nick reversed the car out of the driveway, the steering wheel wouldn’t turn. “What’s happening?” he asked, a little panicked.