Listening to my Spotify playlist, as happens daily, and a great song popped up reminding me of what I need to add here.
Quick catch up on the situation here. Grandma died in 2013 while we were renting her home. Dad and my cousin inherited the home. We agree, verbally, that we are buying it for $60k. Here we are at what should be the last ten months of payments and we're told by those two that we were only renting for the past decade and we need a bank loan and contract within 45 days. We've paid $57,500 of the $60,000 at this point.
This leads me to put on paper what I told my dad last October before I stopped speaking to him - The family believes I only exist to give them money.
I hate seeing the future and knowing what lies ahead, it's a dreadful ability that has been a part of my entire life.
So here we are, trying to secure a loan on a decent credit score for a home that hasn't really been maintained in any manner since it was built in 1960. Foundation, roof, furnace... you know the biggest hassles need replaced or heavily repaired.
Back to that song- the title says it all, The Greatest Generation. Grandpa Thomas, and his father, Edgar were lifelong railroad men. Hard working, honest, driven providers. They weren't saints or even close to perfect in any manner, but they did what was expected and kept everyone fed, clothed, and safe.
Then there's my dad- he hasn't held a consistent job since the 1970s at Zenith. He allowed his family to be evicted from multiple childhood homes because he wasn't going to work like men are expected to do. Now this turkey is trying to evict my family from a home that was GIVEN to him.
BTW, here's the song.
Song by All That Remains
If you been wondering
Just what has made us grow
A generation hard as stone
My father's father, may God rest his soul
He taught me something you should know
You put your shoulder to the wheel
You put your nose to the grindstone
You work your fingers straight to the bone
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, a generation
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
Selfless, relentless, don't let their memory fade away
No, I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
Remember what made us great
Now's the time to
Remember what made us great
They dug and shaped the earth,
And with their hands gave birth
To all the modern wonders that you see
They worked from dawn till dusk
They did it all for us
If we take one thing from them it should be
You put your shoulder to the wheel
You put your nose to the grindstone
You work your fingers straight to the bone
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, a generation
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
Selfless, relentless, don't let their memory fade away
No, I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
I am forever grateful
I am the man I am today
I am forever grateful
For your hand in making me this way (don't leave us)
Remember what made us great (now is the time to)
Remember what made us great
Remember what made us great (now is the time to)
Remember what made us great
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, a generation
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, a generation
I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
Selfless, relentless, don't let their memory fade away
No, I won't, won't let 'em leave us, don't leave us
Remember what made us great (now is the time to)
Remember what made us great
