Take Me Off the Mortgage! The Audacity of One More Ask

Growing Up Late · Aug 27, 2026 · 13m

My marriage was over. My finances were devastated. My ex was building a new life with someone else.

Then he left me a voicemail:

"Can you take me off the mortgage?"

The nerve of it was one thing. What surprised me more was my own reaction.

I immediately started thinking about how I could fix it.

That was what I did. At work, I was actually nicknamed "The Ambulance" because I was sent into failing divisions and categories to revive them financially and put them back in order. I solved problems. I found answers. I knew a guy who knew a guy.

I could fix anything.

Or at least I thought I could…